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unusual facts about West Wall



King Davids Peak

Its alternative name – The West Wall – is named after the West Wall in Jerusalem, Israel.


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Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station

In 1847, the Great Hall of Berwick Castle had to be demolished to make way for the newly built station (the former West Wall of the castle still marks the boundary of the now-defunct station goods yard).

Colan Church

The Four Gospels fitted on the window of the west wall have inscriptions in honour of John James Murley and William Paget.

North Willingham

Built into the west wall of the nave is the head of a 13th-century grave slab, and in the chancel two freestanding crosses brought from Palestine after the First World War.

Shaheed Ganj Mosque

It had a projecting mehrab (niche), facing toward Mecca as in all mosques, in the centre of the west wall where the imam leads the prayers.