OUTER BAILEY HALF MOON BATTERY, FLANKING WALL AND BRIDGE - Carlisle - List Entry
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Description
"Battery and walls built as an outwork for the Captains Tower (qv); bridge replacing drawbridge. 1542 for Henry VIII by Stephen von Haschenperg; stone bridge added in late C18....When no longer required, the moat was completely filled in 1827 and the upper parapet, on the battery and walls, was removed in 1833, so that there was nothing of these fortifications seen above ground until excavated 1917-19 (not to full and original depth)...." -
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Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197005
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Added by: Edmund Anon
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