The Westgate is a medieval gatehouse in Canterbury, Kent, England. This 60-foot high western gate of the city wall is the largest surviving city gate in England. Built of Kentish ragstone around 1379,
Westgate
External view, next to the River Stour
Westgate Towers in the Edwardian era
Canterbury city walls are a sequence of defensive walls built around the city of Canterbury in Kent, England. The first city walls were built by the Romans, probably between 270 and 280 AD. These wall
Canterbury city walls
The Riding Gate, first built in the 3rd century AD by the Romans, shown here in 1777
Dane John Mound, site of first castle, seen from the walls
A wall tower (left) and the West Gate (right), between 1780 and 1785