Sandwell Gate, leading on to Fish Sands, is the only remaining stone gateway of the old town walls, founded in the reign of King Edward II. The fish wagon entrance now bricked up and Sandwell Chare houses long gone. youtu.be/ysb5KeiaS8c?... - ThreadSky

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marlinhoister.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Sandwell Gate, leading on to Fish Sands, is the only remaining stone gateway of the old town walls, founded in the reign of King Edward II. The fish wagon entrance now bricked up and Sandwell Chare houses long gone.
https://youtu.be/ysb5KeiaS8c?si=hRa-hHjsQueJCzRb

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marlinhoister.bsky.social•5 days ago

Through the Sandwell Gate.

chris-daly.bsky.social•4 days ago

A portal to the past - built to bar Robert the Bruce no less.

marlinhoister.bsky.social•4 days ago

To bar the Scots and the sea but the walled defences were actually instigated by Robert Bruce the first, grandfather of the famous Robert. The Bruce’s owned much of the area after the Norman Conquest but Hartlepool was confiscated from Robert the Bruce when he became the King of the Scots.

chris-daly.bsky.social•4 days ago

Right. I was thinking of Robert the Bruce - he of the spider - and his raid on the town after his victory at Bannockburn. But, most of all, seeing those photos of the wall and the Sandwell Gate compresses time and makes yesteryear vivid.

marlinhoister.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes, raided the year after Bannockburn - Robert the Bruce is said to have felt a particular grudge against Hartlepool as it was the place to which Edward II fled following the battle. The wall at the Gate is 8ft thick.

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