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MULTANGULAR TOWER

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ELRONDING

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An early 4th century rebuilding of the West angle tower of the legionary fortress' defences, reused as part of the Medieval city wall. The Mediaeval work has nine faces, each of which has a cruciform arrow slit, and previously to the restoration of 1960 the slits had been hacked out, presumably for gun loops.

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Multangular Tower or West Angle Tower. Located in the Museum Gardens and surviving to a height of 19 feet and capped by a Medieval super-structure. Excavated in 1831 and 1927. This projecting polygonal tower is part of the 4th century remodelling of the SW defences. It had a rectangular rear compartment and was divided by a spine wall. (1)

Multangular Tower Grade 1. (2)

SE 600520 West angle tower of Roman fortress, scheduled. (3)

Listed Grade I. (4)

The Mediaeval work has nine faces, each of which has a cruciform arrow slit, and previously to the restoration of 1960 the slits had been hacked out, presumably for gun loops. (5)

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( 1) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England 1977 The City of York. Volume 1: Eboracum: Roman York: Addendum

Page(s)13-14

( 2) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE (HHR) City of York, North Yorkshire, 24 June 1983, 250

( 3) General reference

English Heritage SAM List North Yorkshire 31.3.94 p80

( 4) English Heritage Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England

North Yorkshire (May 1987) Part 32

(5) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England 1972 An inventory of the historical monuments in the City of York. Volume II: the defences

Page(s)111

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EBORACUM
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Legionary Fortress built AD 71, rebuilt in stone AD 107-8.

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