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Town Wall and Sandwell Gate
Map showing Hartlepool Medieval Town Walls superimposed on modern town layout. Position of west-facing walls (demolished in the 1830's) is approximate. The surviving south-facing walls are based on Scheduled Monument map data from Historic England.
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The site of the first boat yard on the headland hartlepool
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TOWN WALL AND SANDWELL GATE - Hartlepool - List Entry
- "Town fortifications/retaining wall, fronting onto Commissioners' Harbour; early C14. Roughly-dressed and coursed limestone and random rubble limestone. Between 4m and 6m high; between 2m and 3m thick; approximately 380m long, …
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Walls of Hartlepool, c.1816
- Image from History of Hartlepool by the late Sir Cuthbert Sharp, being a reprint of the original work published in 1816 with a Supplemental History to 1851, inclusive. John Proctor, …
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Remains of Town Wall to South East Side of South Crescent
- Remains of town fortifications/retaining wall, acting as sea defence; early C14. Roughly dressed and coursed limestone and random rubble limestone, repaired spasmodically in brick in C18 and C19. Approximately 6m. …
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Simon Cotterill

from Geograph (geograph)
The site of the first boat yard on the headland hartlepool
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from https://historicengland.org.u…
TOWN WALL AND SANDWELL GATE - Hartlepool - List Entry
- "Town fortifications/retaining wall, fronting onto Commissioners' Harbour; early C14. Roughly-dressed and coursed limestone and random rubble limestone. Between 4m and 6m high; between 2m and 3m thick; approximately 380m long, …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://commons.wikimedia.org…
Walls of Hartlepool, c.1816
- Image from History of Hartlepool by the late Sir Cuthbert Sharp, being a reprint of the original work published in 1816 with a Supplemental History to 1851, inclusive. John Proctor, …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://historicengland.org.u…
Remains of Town Wall to South East Side of South Crescent
- Remains of town fortifications/retaining wall, acting as sea defence; early C14. Roughly dressed and coursed limestone and random rubble limestone, repaired spasmodically in brick in C18 and C19. Approximately 6m. …
Added by
Simon Cotterill