Tower of London Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Outer ward=== A third ward was created during Edward I's extension to the Tower, as the narrow enclosure completely surrounded the castle. At the same time a [[bastion]] known as Legge's Mount was built at the castle's northwest corner. Brass Mount, the bastion in the northeast corner, was a later addition. The three rectangular towers along the east wall {{convert|15|m}} apart were dismantled in 1843. Although the bastions have often been ascribed to the Tudor period, there is no evidence to support this; archaeological investigations suggest that Legge's Mount dates from the reign of Edward I.<ref name="Parnell 1993 35-37">{{harvnb|Parnell|1993|pp=35β37}}</ref> Blocked [[battlement]]s (also known as crenellations) in the south side of Legge's Mount are the only surviving medieval battlements at the Tower of London (the rest are Victorian replacements).<ref>{{harvnb|Parnell|1993|pp=43β44}}</ref> A new {{convert|50|m|adj=on}} moat was dug beyond the castle's new limits;<ref>{{harvnb|Impey|Parnell|2000|p=34}}</ref> it was originally {{convert|4.5|m}} deeper in the middle than it is today.<ref name="Parnell 1993 35-37" /> With the addition of a new curtain wall, the old main entrance to the Tower of London was obscured and made redundant; a new entrance was created in the southwest corner of the external wall circuit. The complex consisted of an inner and an outer gatehouse and a [[barbican]],<ref name="Parnell 1993 40-41">{{harvnb|Parnell|1993|pp=40β41}}</ref> which became known as the Lion Tower as it was associated with the animals as part of the Royal Menagerie since at least the 1330s.<ref>{{harvnb|Impey|Parnell|2000|p=36}}</ref> The Lion Tower itself no longer survives.<ref name="Parnell 1993 40-41" /> Edward extended the south side of the Tower of London onto land that had previously been submerged by the River Thames. In this wall, he built St Thomas's Tower between 1275 and 1279; later known as [[Traitors' Gate]], it replaced the Bloody Tower as the castle's water-gate. The building is unique in England, and the closest parallel is the now demolished water-gate at the [[Louvre Palace|Louvre]] in Paris. The dock was covered with [[arrowslit]]s in case of an attack on the castle from the River; there was also a [[portcullis]] at the entrance to control who entered. There were luxurious lodgings on the first floor.<ref>{{harvnb|Parnell|1993|pp=38β39}}</ref> Edward also moved the [[Royal Mint]] into the Tower; its exact location early on is unknown, although it was probably in either the outer ward or the Lion Tower.<ref name="Parnell 1943">{{harvnb|Parnell|1993|p=43}}</ref> By 1560, the Mint was located in a building in the outer ward near Salt Tower.<ref>{{harvnb|Parnell|1993|p=61}}</ref> Between 1348 and 1355, a second water-gate, Cradle Tower, was added east of St Thomas's Tower for the king's private use.<ref name="Parnell 1993 47" /> {{wideimage|Panorama of the outer curtain wall of the Tower of London, 2006.jpg|800px|The Tower of London's outer curtain wall, with the curtain wall of the inner ward just visible behind. In the centre is Legge's Mount.}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page