Wall Collection (#33)

Sentry walk, fortress of Al Ukhaidir, Iraq, 1977. The fortified palace of Al Ukhaidir near Karbala was built in the late 8th century by the Abbasids

Bab el Wastani, Baghdad, Iraq, 1977. The Bab-al Wastani is the only remaining gate of the old walled city of Baghdad

Facade of the Shamash Gate, Nineveh, Iraq, 1977. Reconstruction built in the 1960s of one of the great gates of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh

Oudaia Kasbah, Rabat, Morocco. Exterior of the old walled city which dates from the 12th century

Ribat, Sousse, Tunisia. The Ribat in the port city of Sousse is a fortress which dates from the 9th century

Swansea Castle, South Wales, 2010. Swansea Castle was founded by Henry de Beaumont in 1106. The only remains visible today are part of the rectangular new castle dating from the late 13th-early 14th

Dun Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 2009. Dun Carloway is an example of a broch, an ancient round, dry stone, hollow-walled building found in Scotland

Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire. The first castle was built here soon after the Norman Conquest, and the impressive keep survives

Bastion walls, the Fortezza, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece. The Fortezza is a fortress built by the Venetians, who ruled Crete from 1204 until the Ottoman Turks conquered the island in the mid 17th

Jane Austens House, Hampshire, England

Harbour and castle, Kyrenia (Girne), North Cyprus. Originally a Roman fortress, Kyrenia Castle was enlarged by the Byzantines

White Bastion, old town walls, Famagusta, North Cyprus. The town walls of Famagusta were built by the Venetians, who ruled Cyprus from 1489 until 1571 and made Famagusta their capital

Venetian palace, Famagusta, North Cyprus. Cyprus came under the rule of the Republic of Venice in 1489. The Venetians moved the capital of the island from Nicosia to Famagusta

Black house, Colbost Folk Museum, Skye, Highland, Scotland. A black house is a traditional Hebridean dwelling, consisting of a double dry stone wall packed with earth for insulation

St Annes Venetian Fortress, Sibenik, Croatia. In common with the rest of Dalmatia, the town of Sibenik fell under Venetian control in 1412

Land Gate, Korcula, Croatia. The city of Korcula, on the island of the same name in the Adriatic, has been settled since ancient times

Pile Gate, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The Pile Gate is the western entrance to the Old Town of Dubrovnik through the 10th century walls

Municipal boundary, Antigua, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Antigua is one of 6 municipalities into which the island of Fuerteventura is divided

Colourful House, Assos, Kefalonia, Greece

San Gimignano, Tuscany, Itlay

Magpie Mine, Derbyshire. Magpie Mine, near the village of Sheldon in the Peak District, is an old lead mine. It was first worked in around 1740 but closed for the last time in 1954

Curbar Edge, Derbyshire, 2007. Curbar Edge is a gritstone outcrop in the Peak District. The area is popular with walkers and rock climbers

Castle Rising Castle, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 2005. Castle Rising Castle was built by William d Aubigny, Earl of Arundel in about 1150

Street name sign in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Royal Mile is the name given to the series of streets thta form the main thoroughfare in Edinburghs Old Town, one of which is Lawnmarket

Tower of the Genoese Governors Palace, Citadel, Bastia, Corsica. Corsica was a territory of the city state of Genoa until 1768, when the island was ceded to France to pay off a debt

Coat of arms of Charles I, York, North Yorkshire

Minaret from within the Friday Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, 1977. This great spiral minaret was built in the mid 9th century by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutawakkil

Walls of the Friday Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, 1977

Nergal Gate, Nineveh, Iraq, 1977. Mid 20th century reconstruction of one of the great gates of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh

Two workmen outside the Mashki Gate, Nineveh, Iraq, 1977. Reconstruction built in the 1960s of one of the great gates of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh

Mashki Gate, Nineveh, Iraq, 1977
Maski Gate, Nineveh, Iraq, 1977. Reconstruction built in the 1960s of one of the great gates of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh

Two Iraqi women at Bash Tapia Castle, Mosul, Iraq, 1977. The only remainder of the old city walls of Mosul

Bash Tapia Castle, Mosul, Iraq, 1977. The only remainder of the old city walls of Mosul

Shrine of Justice (detail), Ur, Iraq, 1977

Walls of Kish, Iraq, 1977. Kish was one of the twelve city states of the Ancient Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia

Dragons and bulls, glazed bricks, Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq. Built in about 575 BC by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II

Bull, glazed bricks, Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq. Built in about 575 BC by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, the Ishtar Gate was the northern entrance to the inner city of Babylon

Dragon, glazed bricks, Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq. Built in about 575 BC by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, the Ishtar Gate was the northern entrance to the inner city of Babylon

Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq. Built in about 575 BC by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, the Ishtar Gate was the northern entrance to the inner city of Babylon

Throne room, Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II, Babylon, Iraq. The Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar built his great palace at Babylon in the 6th century BC

Southern Palace, Babylon, Iraq. Ruins of the great palace built by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II in the 6th century BC

Road in Farndale, North York Moors, North Yorkshire

Abbey Ruins, Bury St Edmunds, England

St Hilarion Castle, North Cyprus. Dating from the 10th century, St Hilarion Castle stands on top of a peak in the Kyrenia mountain range in northern Cyprus

The path around the walls of the citadel, Victoria, Gozo, Malta. After the siege of Malta by the Ottomans in 1565, the Knights of St John extended

Arsenale, Venice, Italy. Founded by Doge Ordelafo Falier in 1104, the Arsenale was the centre of Venices sea power. It was a naval base

Potted plants on the wall of a house, Valldemossa, Mallorca, Spain

Cottages in the village of Castle Rising, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 2005

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