A guide, descriptive and historical, through the Town of Shrewsbury

by W. A. Leighton

TOWER ON THE TOWN WALLS,

It is square, embattled, of two stories, lighted by narrow loops, the entrance to the upper being from the top of the wall, through a small plain pointed arch of the age of Henry IV. A similar arch forms the doorway of the lower story.

The more accessible parts of the Town Walls, particularly on the south and south-western sides, were formerly strengthened by similar towers, all of which are now demolished.

At a short distance further on, a considerable portion of