Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
City Walk
Exeter City Walls
Start
Exeter Castle
End
Roman Walk
Length
2 miles; 2.5 hours
Start at the gatehouse to
Exeter Castle
, built by the Normans after an 18-day siege. A plaque commemorates
three Devon women, hanged after being tried here for witchcraft in 1685. In Northerhay Gardens, take the path
along the wall which is crowned by
Civil War-era parapets
; in an era of shifting loyalties Exeter had to de-
fended itself against both Royalists and Parliamentarians.