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Midland Red	16 of 259 Tue 7th Feb 2017 9:03am This report today suggests that there could be remains of a mediaeval tower It also acknowledges that only TWO gates remain On 4th Feb 2017 7:17pm, flapdoodle said: I wandered up to the section that's used by Pargetters today. There's a strange paved square there with a monument on it. Do you mean this watch tower?
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Midland Red	17 of 259 Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:03am Swanswell Gate - c1900 and 2010
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Midland Red	18 of 259 Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:21am Cook Street Gate - c1900 and 2004
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Midland Red	19 of 259 Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:28am Cook Street Gate - c1900 and 2010
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PhiliPamInCoventry	20 of 259 Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:31am Off-topic / chat

NeilsYard Coventry	21 of 259 Tue 28th Feb 2017 3:59pm Agreed - great shots Cliff
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coventry49 Budleigh Salterton, Devon	22 of 259 Tue 28th Feb 2017 5:06pm I wonder who decided to add the castellated tops?
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Helen F Warrington	23 of 259 Tue 28th Feb 2017 5:37pm In the 21st century, they probably wouldn't re-crenellate them but at the time it wasn't considered wrong to try and repair things to an earlier appearance. They weren't repaired to the exact original style but the work probably protected them from further deterioration. It seems to have coincided with the creation of the Lady Herbert garden. Whether it was to protect them or to make them look more romantic I don't know.
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Annewiggy Tamworth	24 of 259 Tue 28th Feb 2017 8:15pm Looking through the newspaper archives again there are 1914 pictures with no battlements on Cook Street Gate, and a 1934 picture with them. I did find an article though in a 1918 Coventry Standard which discusses the battlements and they mention a sepia drawing from the end of the 17th century which shows it with battlements.
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Midland Red	25 of 259 Tue 28th Feb 2017 8:35pm On this page, Rob states " . . . looking at the top of both of these gates, you may notice that the battlements have been added in recent times. This was done around 1931-32 when a second session of restoration took place and the gardens were built. Photographs from 1910 show Cook Street gate with a flat open top, whilst Swanswell gate had a sloping "house-like" roof where it had been used, firstly as a cottage, and then a shop in the 1800s."
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Midland Red	26 of 259 Thu 9th Mar 2017 5:54pm On 3rd Feb 2017 6:51pm, NeilsYard said: Looks like part of the city wall has been uncovered whilst they dig up Cox Street car park! - Telegraph Managed to photograph it today
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Dreamtime	27 of 259 Fri 10th Mar 2017 3:48am Off-topic / chat

NeilsYard Coventry	28 of 259 Fri 1st Sep 2017 10:10pm Rob and all - after perusing your great City Wall guide on the site I've realised that theres several areas of the City Wall that are still present that I've not really got close to before. As we approach Autumn - does anyone else fancy doing a tour 'walk' of whats left following Robs guide?
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Helen F Warrington	29 of 259 Wed 6th Sep 2017 9:23pm City Wall Tour There's an organised tour tomorrow and Friday for the Heritage. It a pre book so it might be a bit late to join.
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Midland Red	30 of 259 Wed 1st Nov 2017 7:15pm Cook Street Gate
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