Town Walls Tower (officially Wingfield's Tower) is the last remaining medieval watchtower belonging to the former town walls of Shrewsbury, Shropshire...

fortified with walls or ditches, the later walls originate with the move of the town to the current site in the 10th century. This new town was defended...

stretches of the walls wall remain. One wall tower remains at the riverside end of the Turmgasse Niedernhall – most of the town walls remain intact. Nordhausen...

as city walls or town walls, although there were also walls, such as the Great Wall of China, Walls of Benin, Hadrian's Wall, Anastasian Wall, and the...

There have been several town walls around Edinburgh, Scotland, since the 12th century. Some form of wall probably existed from the foundation of the royal...

Interest in the town walls grew and in the 19th century one of the towers was restored and part of the wall-walk opened up for tourists. The walls were architecturally...

connected to the town with walls and rectangular towers. Little survives of the walls of the town itself, apart from a round tower at the southeast corner...

inserting several new gateways in the town walls; other changes were also made to the walls during the period, with some towers being converted for use as administrative...

trying to scale the walls were exposed to fire from both sides (i.e., from the towers), as well as from the front (i.e., from the walls). The postern gates...

defended by walls of one form or another. To this day, substantial portions of the walls remain, and York has more miles of intact wall than any other...

with various parts of the walls and towers being demolished. The site deteriorated further over the years and the old walled town remained almost deserted...

Alnwick's town walls are a 15th-century defensive structure built around the town of Alnwick in England. Alnwick's town walls were built in the 15th century...

the walls underwent substantial work that included crenellations, additional gates and further towers and bastions. Aside from the seven City Wall gates...

Cardiff's town walls were a Medieval defensive wall enclosing much of the present day centre of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, which included Cardiff...

the defensive walls of a fortification. The tower was often rectangular with four wheels with its height roughly equal to that of the wall or sometimes...

the tower is 55.86 metres (183 feet 3 inches) from the ground on the low side and 56.67 m (185 ft 11 in) on the high side. The width of the walls at the...

and surrounded the town; the area known as Town Walls still has a small section of them and a single tower, known as Town Walls Tower, which is in the care...

curtain wall is a defensive wall between fortified towers or bastions of a castle, fortress, or town. Evidence for curtain walls or a series of walls surrounding...

as a watchtower at the highest point of the mostly demolished Walls of Galata, the tower is now an exhibition space and museum, and a symbol of Beyoğlu...

The Walls of Constantinople (Turkish: Konstantinopolis Surları; Greek: Τείχη της Κωνσταντινουπόλης) are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded...

The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site located in Gwynedd, Wales. It includes the castles of Beaumaris...

refuge with the construction of its town walls. The walls were reinforced by three circular and 14 quadrangular towers, five bastions (bulwarks), two angular...

Berwick's town walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in England. Berwick's town walls were built in...

up the tower, leaving it in an unusable state. The towers were about 40 feet (12 m) high with walls about 8 feet (2.4 m) thick. In some towers the rooms...

external wall or castle enceinte that is open, or only lightly constructed, at the rear. Towers of this type were used, for example, in city walls. City...

Chester List of cities with defensive walls List of town walls in England and Wales Historic England. "The walls, towers, gates and posterns of the City of...

protect important towns and cities in pre-modern China. In addition to walls, Chinese city defenses also included fortified towers and gates, as well...

Bridgnorth Morville Hall near Bridgnorth Sunnycroft at Wellington Town Walls Tower Shrewsbury Wilderhope Manor on Wenlock Edge Barrington Court Bath Assembly...

medieval town wall or castle, often used as a prison or dungeon. The name is derived from the period of witch trials. Many of these towers were used...

a dozen of its tower houses, which, with its hilltop setting and encircling walls, form "an unforgettable skyline". Within the walls, the well-preserved...