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Boundary Wall, 20 Castle Street, Ruthin

Boundary Wall

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That is a Post Medieval boundary wall in Ruthin, Denbighshire. It still stands beside Castle Street, marking a private line rather than inviting everyone across. The wall may have separated homes, workshops or fields when the town grew. People probably walked past it every day, never knowing the line would still be recorded long after they died.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Boundary Wall, 20 Castle Street, Ruthin as Boundary Wall from the Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Built during the Post Medieval period, the boundary wall at 20 Castle Street, Ruthin, is associated with the broader historic development of Ruthin Castle's defences and town layout. It is remembered as part of the medieval and early modern landscape that reflects the strategic and administrative importance of Ruthin in north Wales.

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