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Title: Round Tower, Portsmouth [Go to resource]
Description: The Round Tower was one of a pair of towers built between 1418 and 1422 to protect the entrance to Portsmouth harbour. The tower on the Gosport side of the harbour was built from wood. Rising above the left side of the Round Tower is Tower House the home of marine artist W.L. Wyllie. In the background the mast of HMS Victory, Semaphore Tower and Portsdown Hill can also be seen. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Portsmouth City Council Subjects: Round Tower
HMS Victory
harbour
semaphore tower
fortificationsTemporal: start=1986-09-04; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Derek Dine Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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