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<\/a><\/p>\nThere are pieces of the London Wall scattered around London today, although many parts were destroyed by the Blitz and by demolition of part of the wall in the 18th<\/sup> and 19th<\/sup> centuries. Today fragments of the wall are buried under shops and warehouses. The only remaining standing segments of the wall can be seen in the grounds of the\u00a0Museum of London, in the\u00a0Barbican Estate\u00a0and around\u00a0Tower Hill<\/p>\n The particular section of the wall we visited on the trip was part of the remains near the Museum of London, which can be seen on the right. Although this section is not in the best Overall, the group really enjoyed the trip especially combined with the visit the London museum earlier on in the day. It gave us all the opportunity to understand how the people who lived within the walls of London on their day to day lives and allowed us to see some of the objects they may have come into contact with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After our visit to the London museum, we took a short walk over the bridge to look at small section of the London Wall that is still standing today, which lay at the junction of Aldersgate Street. Here we gathered alongside the barriers, often having to huddle together to allow city workers past, and discussed … Continue reading Our trip to the London Wall<\/span> <\/a>of conditions, it was still possible to see how the wall had changed over time. We could see the addition of the medieval crenulations and the small openings, almost like windows in the wall.<\/p>\n