Stranica 33 [33]
ORIGIN OF THE CITY IT
many subsequent works. But
some years have elapsed since
Mr. Denton showed that a
“ecrepel gate” is a covered
way in a fortification, and that
another is to be found on the.
Wansdyke, the great Wiltshire
line of defence.
50, too, with Ludgate. It
IS pretty evident that Ludgate
was not opened until some
time in the twelfth century,
and in any case cannot have
been a Koman, still less an ancient British
entrance. but where, then, did it get its
name? Stow, though in doubt about King
Lud, supposed this to be one of the most
ancient of the city gates, and gives the de¬
rivation according to Geoffrey of Monmouth
as being from King Lud, “a Briton, about
the year before Christ's nativity 66.” I was