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Crinkle Crankle Walls
Crinkle Crankle Walls — a memorial in england-london, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Crinkle Crankle Walls is a memorial located in england-london, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
A crinkle crankle wall, also known as a crinkum crankum, sinusoidal, serpentine, ribbon or wavy wall, is an unusual type of structural or garden wall built in a serpentine shape with alternating curves, originally used in Ancient Egypt, but also typically found in Suffolk in England. The sinusoidal curves in the wall provide stability and help it to resist lateral forces, leading to greater strength than a straight wall of the same thickness of bricks without the need for buttresses. The phrase "crinkle crankle" is an ablaut reduplication, defined as something with bends and turns, first attested in 1598 (though "crinkle" and "crankle" have somewhat longer histories).
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Background
History
Sinusoidal walls featured extensively in the architecture of Egyptian city of Aten, thought to date from the period of Amenhotep III, some 3,400 years ago (1386–1353 BCE). Other examples exist at Tel el-Retaba and Thebes. As a minor part of a larger system of fortification, such a wall may have been used to force oncoming troops to break ranks from closed to open ranks, and further expose them to defensive assault. Many crinkle crankle walls are found in East Anglia, England, where the marshes of The Fens were drained by Dutch engineers starting in the mid-1600s. The construction of these walls has been attributed to these engineers, who called them slangenmuur (nl), meaning snake wall. The…
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- Coordinates
- 51.8133, -0.2941
- County
- Hertfordshire
- District
- St Albans
- Parish
- Wheathampstead
- Postcode
- AL4 8AA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Official site
- wheathampstead-pc.gov.uk
Sources
- osm: node/8764309789 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Crinkle crankle wall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Crinkle Crankle Walls?
- Crinkle Crankle Walls is in Hertfordshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode AL4 8AA), in the parish of Wheathampstead.
- Is Crinkle Crankle Walls free to visit?
- Yes, Crinkle Crankle Walls is free to enter.
- How do I get to Crinkle Crankle Walls?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode AL4 8AA. It sits within the Harpenden and Berkhamsted parliamentary constituency.