Cardiff town walls
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cardiff-town-walls-281-12604742
title:
Cardiff town walls
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Cardiff's town walls were a Medieval defensive wall enclosing much of the present day centre of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, which included Cardiff Castle. It measured 1280 paces or 1.280 miles in circumference and had an average thickness of between 6 feet and 8 ft (2.4 m) and a height of 10 ft (3.0 m). It had five town gates and was first mentioned in the year 1111. Sections of the wall collapsed in the 18th century due to neglect, and many stones were then used as building material for
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Former walls around Cardiff, Wales
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_town_walls
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2024-02-25T17:33:01Z
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