Medieval History
Late-night revellers are ruining a medieval wooden structure in Chester by urinating on it, it is feared.
Council leaders have warned that the ?major problem? is causing ?irreparable damage" to the Rows, the covered walkways that surround the city centre.Town Hall officials have said the surface has worn away because the seven hundred year-old structure has had to be cleaned so many times.
In some areas the problem is so bad shopkeepers have found urine ?seeping through their ceilings? from the Row above. Authorities have recently launched a crackdown on the anti-social behaviour to stamp out the growing problem in the historic Cheshire city.
Click here to read this article from the Daily Telegraph
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Medieval History
Heritage crime: medieval structure being ruined by late-night revellers
Council leaders have warned that the ?major problem? is causing ?irreparable damage" to the Rows, the covered walkways that surround the city centre.Town Hall officials have said the surface has worn away because the seven hundred year-old structure has had to be cleaned so many times.
In some areas the problem is so bad shopkeepers have found urine ?seeping through their ceilings? from the Row above. Authorities have recently launched a crackdown on the anti-social behaviour to stamp out the growing problem in the historic Cheshire city.
Click here to read this article from the Daily Telegraph
- Views From The Walls: The Story Of Chester's Most Notable Feature
A new exhibition celebrating Chester?s famous city walls will open at the Grosvenor Museum this week (Saturday 16 July). Chester's city walls form the most complete circuit of walls in Britain, so Chester is rightly renowned as 'The Walled City'....
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- Vandals Threaten Medieval Castle In Wales
Medieval castle remains in Powys could be forced to close because of vandalism. People have damaged the structure of Bronllys Castle at Talgarth by throwing historic stones off the top, says Welsh monument agency Cadw. The castle only recently reopened...
- Historians Locate King Arthur's Round Table
Researchers exploring the legend of Britain?s most famous Knight believe his stronghold of Camelot was built on the site of a recently discovered Roman amphitheatre in Chester. Legend has it that his Knights would gather before battle at a round table...
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