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Corner Tower
"Corner Tower is probably so called from being in an angle of the wall. It is mentioned in the common council books, June 9, 1688, by the name of "Corn-Hill Tower;" an evident corruption of Corner Tower. It stood in a commanding situation, but is now in ruins..." (Eneas Mackenzie, 1827). This was different to the other semi-circular towers of the Town Wall, having two turrets standing to roof height set at right-angles to one another. It is speculated that the corner design resulted from Newcastle's acquisition of Pandon by Edward I's charter of 1299. The remains of the tower and small section of the walls can still be seen; the tower is a Scheduled Ancuent Monument.
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014766:Corner Tower City Road Newcastle upon Tyne 1965
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Tyne and Wear HER(1557): Newcastle town wall, Corner Tower
- "Not a tower of the usual type, but two turrets standing to roof height set at right-angles to one another on the eastern re-entrant of the curtain. It must be …
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An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county of Northumberland. (Eneas Mackenzie, 1825)
- Digitised version of An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county of Northumberland and of those parts of the county of Durham situated north of the river Tyne, with …
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
014766:Corner Tower City Road Newcastle upon Tyne 1965
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from http://twsitelines.info/SMR/1…
Tyne and Wear HER(1557): Newcastle town wall, Corner Tower
- "Not a tower of the usual type, but two turrets standing to roof height set at right-angles to one another on the eastern re-entrant of the curtain. It must be …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://openlibrary.org/works…
An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county of Northumberland. (Eneas Mackenzie, 1825)
- Digitised version of An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county of Northumberland and of those parts of the county of Durham situated north of the river Tyne, with …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
