Ridingate

Who are we?

   Lynn Gunst

I'm Fien Parrein and I'm going to present my best friend Lynntje. She's 14 years old and she was born on 10 November 1988. She has brown, almost black hair and green eyes. She likes Club Brugge, msn, sms, aerobic, going out with friends and Zita (her dog). She lives in Kortemark.

lynn_gunst@hotmail.com

  Fien Parrein

I'm Lynn Gunst and I'm going to present my best friend Fientje. She's 15 years old and was born on 10 March 1988. She has light brown hair and blue eyes. She likes Club Brugge , msn, sms, watching  television, going out with friends,.... She lives in Bovekerke.

The City walls & Westgate

The city walls

The city walls once surrounded the whole city of Canterbury. There's a
pedestrian walkway on parts of the wall. (battlement views)

The first walls around Canterbury were built by the Romans in the 3rd century A.D. to protect the new settlement from raids from the continent. The first wall, made of flint, was about 10 metres high and 2 metres thick. It enclosed the town and the community lived within the walls burying their dead only outside the walls. Seven gates were used to enter the town. When the Romans left the wall fell into decay.

The present walls were built in the Middle Ages on top of the Roman foundations. They were renovated in the 14th century and consist of flint and stone to give them strength. The wall had 21 bastions (some with gun slots) and six entrances : the Northgate, Newingate, Westgate, Worthgate, Ridingate, Burgate. Much of the wall was destroyed and of the gates only the Westgate remains.

The Westgate

What? It's a defence gate. We can see this because there are cants. The builing is 15 meters high and huge.

When? It built in the 12th century.

Who? The gate works very simple. When there is danger the iron gate goes down, also when evening comes.

In former days? The old town Canterbury was circular and easy to defend because, there were walls and on some places water.

In this days? Now the Westgate tower is a museum. The museum shows the former Westgate on a display, the civil war armoury, murder holes,...

Pictures of our visit to Canterbury

f.l.t.r: Lynn Vermote, Julie Vandenbroucke, Lynn Gunst, Annick Pauwelyn and Fien Parrein

A picture of the whole group.

Mrs Vanessaatjeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuuh and Sofietjeeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuh in the boatshop. 

f.l.t.r: Lynn Vermote, Fien Parrein, Annick Pauwelyn, Julie Vandenbroecke, Lynn Gunst, Nickolas Vulsteke and Thomas De Smedt.

Fien is dreaming of 

The whole cast and crew. 

The beautiful cliffs of Dover 

It's difficult to explain ....

Hour after hour

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!! 

(webmasters: Fien Parrein & Lynn Gunst)

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