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Bootham Bar is a castle gate on the York City Walls, guarding the north-east edge of the old town since Roman times. Its stones may still follow the line of the first fort built around 71 AD, while the taller medieval wall above them has watched carts, horses and arguing neighbours for centuries. Walking past it at dusk, you can imagine soldiers calling names across the gap, merchants hauling goods through the bar, and children chasing shadows along the rampart. The gate does not need a legend because it has spent centuries doing the same thing: separating the city from the road and reminding both that York still has edges.

Bootham Bar is shown as a castle on the public map of York. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.

Bootham Bar was part of the medieval defences of York, built in the 13th century, and served as one of the city's main gates. It is remembered as a key historical feature of York's walls and as a symbol of the city's medieval fortifications.

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