Spring at the Castle

Rosamund's tower at the castle looked at its best today.

In 1323 Edward commanded that the timber pallisade around the outer bailey be rebuilt in stone. The new stone wall featured four towers, a gatehouse tower, Diate Hill Tower, Rosamund's Tower, and Mill Tower. The most impressive of the towers is Rosamund's Tower. This stands three storeys high and projects outside the wall perimeter. A small postern (a kind of hidden back door) is set into the base of the tower. Naturally, a postern like this could be a weak point in the castle defenses if it was breached by attackers, so the ground floor of Rosamund's Tower has no inner stair to access the upper storeys.