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| HER Number: | MYO4697 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | YORK CITY WALLS Tower 39 |
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Summary
Mediaeval angle tower between Fishergate Bar and Fishergate Postern, built in the early 14th century. The inner side of the tower has a doorway. Tower 39 was stabilised in 2004-05.
Monument Type(s)
- INTERVAL TOWER (Early C14, Medieval - 1300 AD to 1349 AD)
- INTERVAL TOWER (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
- INTERVAL TOWER (Mid 17th Century - 1645 AD to 1646 AD)
Protected Status
- Conservation Area
- Scheduled Monument
- Listed Building
Full description
List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest City of York, 14-Mar-1997
Field report on SX 67 SW 253 - 01-MAR-1989 153-4
The walls between Fishergate Postern and Tower 39 were initially built in the 14th century possibly on top of a pre-existing rampart replacing a wooden palisade.
The lower part of the walls we see now is original to the 14th century. The parapet and some of the upper wall is Victorian.
19th century drawings shows that the exterior rampart fell away quite steeply outside Tower 39.
Horsley's map of 1694 shows that there was a ditch at the foot of the external rampart between Tower 39 and Fishergate Postern Tower.
NMR, 2019, NMR data (Digital archive). SYO2214.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Digital archive: NMR. 2019. NMR data. |
Related records
| MYO1734 | Part of: YORK CITY WALLS (Red Tower to Fishergate Postern Tower) (Monument) |
| MYO3631 | Part of: York City Walls in entirety (Monument) |
| MYO4695 | Related to: YORK CITY WALLS between Fishergate Bar and Fishergate Postern Tower (Chainage 3250-3400) (Monument) |
| MYO4698 | Related to: YORK CITY WALLS Rampart between Fishergate Bar and Fishergate Postern Tower (Monument) |
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