More information : [SU 60698910] Site of [T.I.] South Gate [G.T.] (1)
The South Gate of Wallingford. Whether this entrance in the
town's rampart and ditch defences [SU 68 NW 28] is original is
doubtful. It is concluded that there is not sufficient evidence
to date the defences themselves. (2)
A bump on the road at the position given for the site of this
gate clearly shows the course of the town rampart and
consequently that the gate was elsewhere. The amended position
SU 6065 8910 coincides with the junction of a bend in the
rampart and the projection of St. Mary's Street within the
town, and Squires Walk without. Indirect evidence for this
amended siting is provided by the probable remains of St.
John's Hospital (SU 68 NW) which lies immediately without the
gate beside the road in the manner typical of such hospitals. (3)
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