London Wall

E272848

Roman city wall defensive wall medieval fortification

London Wall was the defensive Roman and medieval wall that once surrounded the City of London, remnants of which still stand and influence the layout of the modern financial district.

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Label	Occurrences
London Wall canonical	18
London Wall (Roman city wall)	2
London Wall (Roman defensive wall)	2
City of London wall	1
City of London walls	1
ConstructionOfLondonWall	1
London Wall (eastern edge, historic)	1
London Wall (remains)	1
London Wall perimeter	1
London Wall remains	1
city walls of London	1
gates of the London Wall	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2494223 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: London Wall
Context triple: [Tower of All Hallows, London Wall, locatedOnOrNear, London Wall]

A. London Bridge
London Bridge is a historic and frequently rebuilt crossing in central London that spans the River Thames, linking the City of London with Southwark.
B. Oxford city walls
The Oxford city walls are the medieval defensive fortifications that once enclosed and protected the historic center of Oxford, England.
C. London Towers
London Towers was a professional basketball team based in London that competed in the British Basketball League.
D. London Bridge Tower
London Bridge Tower, better known as The Shard, is a landmark glass skyscraper in London and one of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom.
E. King’s Gate
King’s Gate is a monumental Late Bronze Age city gate at the Hittite capital of Hattusa, notable for its massive stone walls and relief of a warrior figure.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: London Wall
Target entity description: London Wall was the defensive Roman and medieval wall that once surrounded the City of London, remnants of which still stand and influence the layout of the modern financial district.

A. London Bridge
London Bridge is a historic and frequently rebuilt crossing in central London that spans the River Thames, linking the City of London with Southwark.
B. Oxford city walls
The Oxford city walls are the medieval defensive fortifications that once enclosed and protected the historic center of Oxford, England.
C. London Towers
London Towers was a professional basketball team based in London that competed in the British Basketball League.
D. London Bridge Tower
London Bridge Tower, better known as The Shard, is a landmark glass skyscraper in London and one of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom.
E. King’s Gate
King’s Gate is a monumental Late Bronze Age city gate at the Hittite capital of Hattusa, notable for its massive stone walls and relief of a warrior figure.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman city wall ⓘ defensive wall ⓘ medieval fortification ⓘ
associatedWith	London Wall road ⓘ
builtBy	Romans ⓘ
constructionEnd	early 3rd century AD ⓘ
constructionStart	late 2nd century AD ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
declinePeriod	post-medieval period ⓘ
enclosedArea	about 133 hectares ⓘ
follows	approximate line of the northern boundary of the City of London ⓘ
hadFeature	bastions ⓘ ditch ⓘ gates ⓘ towers ⓘ
hadGate	Aldersgate ⓘ Aldgate ⓘ Bishopsgate ⓘ Cripplegate ⓘ Ludgate ⓘ linked to: Ludgate Hill Moorgate ⓘ Newgate ⓘ linked to: Newgate Prison
height	up to about 6 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed structure ⓘ Scheduled monument ⓘ
historicalEra	Roman Britain ⓘ medieval England ⓘ
influences	layout of the modern financial district of London ⓘ street layout of the City of London ⓘ
length	about 3.2 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	City of London ⓘ England ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England United Kingdom ⓘ
materialUsed	lime mortar ⓘ ragstone ⓘ tile ⓘ
medievalReconstruction	sections repaired and heightened in the medieval period ⓘ
originalCityName	Londinium ⓘ
partiallyDemolishedFor	building development ⓘ new streets ⓘ urban expansion ⓘ
partOf	defences of Londinium ⓘ
protectiveFunction	defence against external attack ⓘ
remainsVisibleAt	Barbican ⓘ Museum of London vicinity ⓘ Tower Hill ⓘ near St Alphage London Wall ⓘ
roadNamedAfter	London Wall (street in the City of London) ⓘ linked to: London Wall (road)
surrounded	City of London ⓘ
thickness	about 2.5 to 3 metres ⓘ
usedUntil	17th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tower of All Hallows, London Wall → locatedOnOrNear → London Wall ⓘ

Moorgate → locatedNear → London Wall ⓘ

Museum of London → locatedIn → London Wall ⓘ

Kentish ragstone → notableUseIn → City of London walls ⓘ

linked to: London Wall

Bishopsgate → historicallyPartOf → London Wall perimeter ⓘ

linked to: London Wall

Londinium → hadDefensiveStructure → London Wall ⓘ

Old Broad Street → hasJunctionWith → London Wall ⓘ

All Hallows, London Wall → locatedNear → London Wall ⓘ

subject linked to: All Hallows, London Wall church

John Van Druten → notableWork → London Wall ⓘ

St Botolph’s Bishopsgate → locatedNear → London Wall (remains) ⓘ

subject linked to: St Botolph’s Bishopsgate, London

linked to: London Wall

History of the City of London → includesEvent → ConstructionOfLondonWall ⓘ

linked to: London Wall

Moorgate (street) → hasJunctionWith → London Wall ⓘ

Moorgate (street) → hasNearbyLandmark → London Wall remains ⓘ

linked to: London Wall

London Wall (road) → follows → London Wall (Roman city wall) ⓘ

linked to: London Wall

London Wall (road) → namedAfter → London Wall (Roman city wall) ⓘ

linked to: London Wall

Finsbury Circus → hasNearbyStreet → London Wall ⓘ

Ludgate (demolished city gate) → partOf → London Wall ⓘ

Early modern London → associatedWith → city walls of London ⓘ

linked to: London Wall

Barbican station → locatedNear → London Wall ⓘ

Aldersgate Street, London → connectedTo → London Wall ⓘ

Bishop's Gate in London Wall → partOf → London Wall ⓘ

Portsoken → locatedEastOf → City of London wall ⓘ

linked to: London Wall

Blomfield Street, London → runsBetween → London Wall ⓘ

Moorgate area → near → London Wall ⓘ

Aldgate High Street → hasNearbyLandmark → London Wall (eastern edge, historic) ⓘ

linked to: London Wall

Aldersgate → partOf → London Wall ⓘ

Aldersgate → wallSystem → London Wall ⓘ

Aldersgate → oneOf → gates of the London Wall ⓘ

linked to: London Wall

Cripplegate → partOf → London Wall ⓘ

London Wall → followsRouteOf → London Wall (Roman defensive wall) ⓘ

subject linked to: London Wall road

linked to: London Wall

London Wall → namedAfter → London Wall (Roman defensive wall) ⓘ

subject linked to: London Wall road

linked to: London Wall

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