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Balkerne Gate
Balkerne Gate is a 1st-century Roman gateway in Colchester. It is the largest surviving gateway in Roman Britain and was built where the Roman road from Londinium intersected the town wall.〔M. R. Hull, "Short Guide to Roman Colchester"〕 It is a Grade I listed building. 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title= Name: THE BALKERNE GATEList entry Number: 1123668 ) 〕
==History==
The gate, which is the best preserved Roman gateway in the country, was built c. AD 70-96.〔 The gatehouse, which originally had two main arched passageways with separate arched footways on both sides, has largely disappeared. The remaining gateway which we see today is the south-side arched footway; however the remains of a guard tower are also visible.
From ''The Balkerne Gate, Colchester'' by R.E.M. Wheeler (1920):
The gate consisted of two broad carriageways, each wide, flanked by two footways, each about wide. The whole gate projects in front of the town wall, and the total extent of the frontage is .
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