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The Jewry Wall in Leicester, England is the substantial ruined wall of a public building of ''Ratae Corieltauvorum'' (Roman Leicester). ==Description of the wall== The wall, an impressive example of standing Roman masonry, is dated to approximately 125–30 AD, and so is nearly 2000 years old.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List Entry Summary: Jewry Wall )〕 It measures 23 metres (75 ft) long, 8 metres (26 ft) high and 2.5 metres (8 ft) thick.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Leicester City Council )〕 It is among the largest pieces of surviving civil Roman architecture in Britain, and is comparable to the "Old Work" at Wroxeter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History and Research: Jewry Wall )〕 The structure comprises alternate bands of Roman brick and coursed masonry, of local granite, limestone and sandstone.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Jewry Wall )〕 In the centre of the wall are two large arched openings about 3 metres (10 ft) wide and 4 metres (13 ft) high; and there are further arched alcoves on the eastern side.〔: pdf available at (【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Leicester City Council )〕 The wall lies immediately to the west of St Nicholas' Church, which includes in its late Saxon and early medieval fabric much re-used Roman brick and masonry.〔 The remains of the Roman town's public baths, lying immediately west of the wall, were excavated in four seasons from 1936 to 1939 by Kathleen Kenyon.〔〔Kenyon 1948.〕 The wall and some of the foundations of the baths are now laid out to public view. They are adjoined by a building housing the Jewry Wall Museum and Vaughan College, which stands on the remainder of the baths site (including the site of the three furnaces).〔 The museum contains excellent examples of Roman mosaics and frescoes from sites elsewhere in Leicester.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jewry Wall Museum (official website) )〕 The wall was taken into state care in 1920, and is now the responsibility of English Heritage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List Entry Summary: Jewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon church )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Properties: Jewry Wall )〕 The wall itself is a Grade I listed building; while its wider site, including the adjacent remains of the baths and of St Nicholas' Church, forms a scheduled monument.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jewry Wall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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