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| Name: | Possible tower (Bennett T1), S of Friars' Gate |
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| HER Reference: | WCM96105 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 852 546 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO85SE |
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| Parish: | Worcester (Non Civil Parish), Worcester City, Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
- BASTION (MEDIEVAL - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (between))
- TOWN WALL (MEDIEVAL - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (between))
- BASTION (POST MEDIEVAL - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (between))
Associated Events
- Talbot Street (Ref: WCM100353)
- City wall (Ref: WCM100508)
- City Wall (Ref: WCM100952)
Full description
Possible mural tower.
Identified by Bennett primarily on the basis of a ten-metre long section of the city wall face that projected some 0.6m from the main plane of the wall (WCM 96104). It was fully bonded in to the rest of the face and terminated with ‘recessed corner stones’ at each end. The case for a tower (rather than e.g. a local design change or error) was strengthened by the appearance of a tower in this area, south of the Friars’ Gate (WCM 96106), on an early version of the map of Worcester as it stood fortified in 1651 {1}.
Ditch here is WCM 96135. For Civil War defences see WCM 96150.
Sources and further reading
| <1*> | Article in serial: Bennett, J. 1980. Excavation and survey on the medieval city wall, 1973. Trans Worcestershire Archaeol Soc. Worcestershire Archaeological Society. 3rd ser., 7. 79. |
Related records
| WCM96100 | Part of: The medieval city defences (Monument) |
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