More information : (TQ 33618073) MW5, Tower Hill, 1936.
During excavations beneath what was then the cellar floor of No. 19
Tower Hill, were found the remains of a turret, not quite rectangular,built against the inner side of the city wall. It had an internal
lenth (measured parallel with the wall) of 11ft, and a width (measured at right angles to the wall) of 6ft. The turret walls were 2ft 8ins
thick. Its purpose was probably to accommodate a stair-case giving
access to the ramparts. The houses on this and the adjoining sites
were destroyed by bombing, and the area has since been laid out as a
garden, with the norther part of the turret visible.
(See TQ 38 SW 830: Roman City Wall) (1,2)
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