C4316 : War memorial, City walls
taken 3 years ago, near to Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Originally there were only four entrances (or Gates) into the walled city i.e. Bishop's Gate, Shipquay Gate, Ferryquay Gate and Butcher's Gate - arranged in a cross pattern with the Diamond as its centre. Later were added New Gate (1789), Castle Gate (1803) and Magazine Gate (1865). The original Gates were themselves re-built in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a 'nationally important' archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
There are about 20,000 scheduled monuments in England representing about 37,000 heritage assets. Of the tens of thousands of scheduled monuments in the UK, most are inconspicuous archaeological sites, but some are large ruins.
Wikipedia: Link
War memorials were mainly constructed after WWI to commemorate the troops who gave their lives in the war. Many were then updated after WWII. Some war memorials date back to the Boer War. Almost every town and village in Britain has a War Memorial. They take many forms, the commonest being an obelisk, a cross or statue of a soldier. Some commemorate the inhabitants of a place, some are for schools and others are for companies or Military groupings.
Many memorials are grade II listed, 61 are II* listed, Link*_listed_war_memorials_in_England
& 12 are Grade I listed. Link
A search for memorials can be carried out at Link
- Grid Square
- C4316, 1698 images (more nearby )
- Photographer
- N Chadwick (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 21 October, 2021 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
- Geographical Context
- Subject Location
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Irish: C 4356 1685 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:59.8337N 7:19.2078W - Camera Location
- Irish: C 4356 1685
- View Direction
- Southwest (about 225 degrees)