What is Chester city walls?
[[Image:St Martin's Gate, Chester.jpg|thumb|right|The view from St Martin's Gate, on the northernmost part of the walls.]] The '''Chester city walls''' are big intact [[defensive wall]]s around an important [[England|English]] city of [[Chester]]. The city has been defended with walls since the foundation of the [[Deva Victrix]] [[Roman fort|fort]] on the site in 79. ==History== The first walls were built to help the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[fort]] in 79, although these were replaced by stronger stone walls between the [[1st century|1st]] and [[3rd century]]. The walls enclosed a far smaller area than the modern walls, with the south-western corner much farther from the [[River Dee, Wales|River Dee]]. {{UK-stub}} [[Category:History of England]] [[Category:Monuments and memorials in England]] [[Category:Defensive walls]] [[Category:Chester|citywalls]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Cheshire]] [[Category:1st-century buildings and structures]]