Micklegate Bar

The Bar from inside the walls.

The inside face of the bar was renovated in 1837. Before that time it looked like Walmgate bar does now. The first stone bar appeared on this site in the 12th century. In the 14th the bar was heightened to allow for a portcullis.

Photo: taken 16 April 2006
Photo Copyright Dave Woodcock 2008.

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