The Town Walls

The Town Walls. Verulamium Park. , Solid and secure , Verulamium's town walls were built in the late 3rd century AD and were almost two miles long and seven feet thick. They were built of flint and lime mortar with courses of brick tiles running through them to provide stability. The earth bank behind the wall may represent part of an earlier line of defences to which the walls were added in the 3rd century. This section of the wall probably survived because it was in a wooded area making the removal of its materials more difficult., Iron Age ditches , Verulamium was surrounded on three sides by ditches, like the one behind you. Originally these would have been over 20 metres wide and 8 metres deep. The River Ver provided extra protection on the fourth side The ditches predate the Roman town and may have been part of the defences of the previous Iron Age settlement, Verlamion., Look out for... , In the remains of the wall you can still see the courses of red brick tiles running between the layers of flint. Close by, there was once a tower projecting from the wall though little of it is visible today. The remains of a better-preserved tower may be seen if you follow the path to your left. The remains of the gate and the town walls are in English Heritage's guardianship.