MONUMENT NO. 763001

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Earthwork remains of possible town defences. The street name 'Lewall Street' and 'Burybar' could indicate the presence of defences and a town gate respectively, but there are no documentary references.

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SO 72142597. Lewall ST (NAT)

SO 72332576 Burybar (NAT). (1)

`Earthworks along the E side of the back lane [marked `Old Maid's Walk' on OS 1:10000 1974] to the E side of Lewall Street could be associated with town defences. The street names `Lewall Street' and `Burybar' could indicate the presence of defences and a town gate respectively. There are no recorded explicit documentary references to defences'. (2)

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(1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:10000 1974

(2) by Roger Leech 1981 Historic towns in Gloucestershire : archaeology and planning

Committee for Rescue Archaeology in Avon, Gloucestershire and Somerset surveysNo 1 (1975) - no 6 (1983) no.3 - 1981 Page(s)58

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Medieval town and borough first mentioned in Domesday 1086. The earliest part of the town is possibly on both sides of Broad Street. The regularity ...

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