🟰 Cowbridge town wall

United Kingdom · Europe · 51.46°N, 3.45°W

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Cowbridge town wall
Cowbridge town wall is a Grade II*-listed medieval wall in the small market town of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. The walls were built by about 1300. It is believed that the purpose of the wall was to protect the Lord of Glamorgan's burgage plots and to provide a way of collecting tolls from the town's market, held twice-weekly. The wall has been altered several times throughout its existence.

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CountryUnited Kingdom
Continent / regionEurope
Coordinates (approx.)51.46°N, 3.45°W · view on map

Cowbridge town wall is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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