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Quarter Wall

 

The west end of Quarter Wall (photo by C. J. Webster)

The west end of Quarter Wall

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Location of Quarter Wall

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Quarter Wall is the oldest of the three main cross-island walls and may, indeed, have prehistoric origins. Early maps show that the wall's meandering course was produced because it formed the northern edge of a series of small fields rather than being laid out in a straight line.

Beacon Hill Montagu Steps Devil's Limekiln Rocket Pole St Helena's Church The South Light The Castle Millcombe The Village Anti-aircraft trenches Brick Field Quarry Cottages Quarter Wall Battery Point Punchbowl Valley The Earthquake Quarry Hospital The Admiralty Lookout (Tibbetts) Halfway Wall Mangonel Battery Brazen Ward John O'Groats House The North Light Pondsbury The Quarries The Landing Bay The Old Light Kaaksburg Devil's Slide