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Salt Tower
Hob Uid: 1100841
Location : Greater London Authority Tower Hamlets Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ3369080476
Summary : The Salt Tower at the Tower of London occupies the south-west corner of the inner curtain wall. It dates from 1238 to 1275 and is a three-quarter cylindrical plan angle plan turret with the remains of a cross wall extending east to the outer curtain wall built to bar the inner ward. It has a basement and 2 storeys with an inserted upper floor. The first floor has a pentagonal-shaped cahmber with a 13th century fireplace in the south wall and a garderobe. The tower was restored by Anthony Salvin between 1857-8.
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Page(s) : 95-106
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Vol(s) : 34, 1983

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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : built 1238-1275
Monument End Date : 1275
Monument Start Date : 1238
Monument Type : Angle Tower, Wall
Evidence : Extant Building, Structure

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : restored 1855-7
Monument End Date : 1857
Monument Start Date : 1855
Monument Type : Angle Tower
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 38 SW 1524
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1976-01-01
End Date : 1976-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Salt Tower