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Monument: MYO4233 YORK CITY WALLS (TOFTS TOWER) Tower 13 (Monument)A rectangular tower at the west angle, part of the city walls, built in the 13th century. Rebuilt in 1645 as an artillery tower after it was destroyed in the seige of 1644 and restored in the 1830s.
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Monument: MYO4641 YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 10) (Monument)A rectangular tower, part of the city walls, built in the early 14th century and restored in the 19th century.
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Monument: MYO4644 YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 11) (Monument)A semi-circular interval tower, part of the city walls, built in the reign of Richard II (1377-96) but incorprating an earlier tower, and restored in the 1830s.
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Monument: MYO4647 York City Walls (Tower 12) (Monument)A rectangular interval tower, part of the city walls, built in the early 14th century and restored in the 1830s.
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Monument: MYO4650 YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 14) (Monument)Site of a demi-hexagonal tower, part of the city walls, built in the 14th-early 15th centuries and demolished in the 1830s to make way for the railway when the wall was rebuilt, at which time it was rebuilt. It has since been replaced by a buttress. ...
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Monument: MYO4651 YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 15) (Monument)A rectangular tower, part of the city walls, built in the early 14th century and restored in the 1830s. The arrow slits are modern.
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Monument: MYO4652 YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 16) (Monument)A demi-hexagonal tower, part of the city walls, built in the 14th-early 15th centuries and restored in the 1830s. Externally this appears to be the least altered tower of its type in York. The central arrow slit has been altered internally, perhaps t...
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Monument: MYO4655 YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 17) (Monument)A demi-hexagonal tower, part of the city walls, built in the 14th-early 15th centuries and restored in the 1830s. The parapet is of 1831-2.
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Monument: MYO4230 YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 2) Chainage 100 (Monument)Semi-circular interval tower projecting in front of the tower wall, and not bonded to the wall which is on a different alignment to the inner face of the tower. Probably Medieval, and added after it was realised that the spacing between the major tow...
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Monument: MYO4231 YORK CITY WALLS (TOWER 3 BITCHDAUGHTER) Chainage 150 (Monument)This is probably the 'Biche Doughter' tower which was in poor repair in 1566, and presumably identical with the King's gaol called `le bydoutre' repaired in 1451-2. It was probably rebuilt in 1645. It is oddly placed to the west of the wall angle , w...