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| Name: | City Wall, St Martin's Gate tower |
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| HER Reference: | WCM96110 |
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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))
Associated Events
- City wall, rear of 4-5 Cornmarket (Ref: WCM101121)
- Rear of 4-5 Cornmarket - watching brief (Ref: WCM101122)
Protected Status
Full description
Medieval mural tower.
A semi-circular tower base projecting outwards from the city wall (WCM 96109 to S, WCM 96111 to N). There is no documentary or cartographic evidence of this tower {1}. Has a diameter of c.5 metres, increased by three visible chamfered plinth courses, continuing the treatment of the main wall face. Rubble core exposed (consolidated in 1970s) behind the ashlar face.
[note that the stone is of some interest being of a different type (what type?), any significance?]
add info from Napthan eval 2003
Cross-reference to: 96136, city ditch section
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Article in serial: Beardsmore, C. 1980. Documentary evidence for the history of Worcester city defences. Trans Worcestershire Archaeol Soc. 3rd ser, 7. 63. |
| <2*> | Unpublished document: Napthan, Mike. 2003. Recording of the City Wall, and watching brief at 4-5 Cornmarket, Worcester.. Mike Napthan Archaeology, Worcester. |
Related records
| WCM96100 | Part of: The medieval city defences (Monument) |
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