![]() ![]() ![]() The common design is based on two huge dragons that once stood above the entrance to the Coal Exchange. ![]() There are two designs for the dragons - one example can be found on Fleet Street, and while it looks grander and older, the design that’s come to dominate is, in fact, an older one. Being the City though, no mere utilitarian signs, but DRAGONS! These are the Dragon Boundary Marks, the City of London’s own variant of the road signs you see as you approach small towns such as Dunny-on-the-Wold, usually with a note underneath to drive carefully. They look ancient, yet the dragons around London are fairly new, albeit based on something that can trace its origins back to the Great Fire of London. The ancient City of London is protected by dragons that guard the main roads into the city from perfidious invaders. ![]()
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