On route we called in at Hinton Ampner - a National Trust property - see my National Trust blog at Trev's National Trust blog for details of our visit - click the back arrow at the top left of the screen to return to this blog.
We also paid a visit to Chichester - another historic city where we walked around the city walls.
Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex. It has a long history as a settlement; its Roman past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings. It is the seat of a bishopric, with a 12th century cathedral, and is home to some of the oldest churches and buildings in Great Britain.
The area around Chichester is believed to have played significant part during the Roman Invasion of A.D 43. The city centre stands on the foundations of the Romano-British city of Noviomagus Reginorum, capital of the Civitas Reginorum.
The original Roman city wall was over two metres thick with a steep ditch (which was later used to divert the River Lavant). It survived for over one and a half thousand years but was then replaced by a thinner Georgian wall.
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