What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: North Gate Removed A.D. 1823
North Gate was part of the Roman town wall enclosing Colchester, Britain's first Roman city; its removal in 1823 marked the destruction of a significant portion of the ancient fortifications that once protected the settlement.
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Places near here
Drinking FountainListed building · 21 yd
The Marquis of Granby InnListed building · 37 yd
Dutch QuarterVisitor information · 65 yd
St. MartinHeritage attraction · 289 yd
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Jumbo (Balkerne Water Tower)Heritage attraction · 355 yd
Rye GateMemorial · 360 yd
Balkerne GateScheduled monument · 374 yd
TrinityVisitor information · 405 yd
Avignon garden, Colchester castle parkCastle, fort or tower · 454 yd
Colchester war memorialHeritage place · 639 yd
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Photo: Rosemary Jewers on Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0