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Round Tower of New Work, Shrewsbury
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New Work, Victoria Avenue, Shrewsbury (image)
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This tower was probably built at the time of Edward l, along with another tower and length of crenellated wall, to "cover" a natural fording point of the River Severn. It also offered some protection to the newly built Augustinian Friary which lay outsid...
This tower was probably built at the time of Edward l, along with another tower and length of crenellated wall, to "cover" a natural fording point of the River Severn. It also offered some protection to the newly built Augustinian Friary which lay outsid...
The Round Tower, possibly of the fourteenth century, formed part of an extra defence below the Welsh Bridge known as the “New Work”. It guarded a natural fording point of the river and provided some protection for the Augustinian friary.