Flodden Wall Tower
by Yvonne Johnstone
Title
Flodden Wall Tower
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
Medium
Photograph - Digitally Enhanced Photograph
Description
View of the south wall of the Flodden Wall Tower circa 1513. It is the only surviving upstanding square tower of the Flodden Wall.
This section has one preserved gunloop and a later addition of double window (now infilled with stone), which was inserted in the S wall by the town council in 1876.
The wall had six main ports and included towers at strategic points. It was crenellated with gunloops and the stone used in its rubble construction was quarried locally.
The wall defined the legal limit of the medieval burgh in the early 16th century, and would have controlled the passage of people, goods and animals into and out of the burgh, thereby serving to secure the payment of custom dues and prevent the spread of disease.
The construction of the Flodden Wall is traditionally linked to the fear of English invasion following the defeat of the Scottish army at Flodden in 1513. However, it is thought that the threat of invasion gave added impetus to a project that was already underway to enclose the expanded burgh, as some ports on the line of the Wall existed at least eight years before the Battle of Flodden. Construction work on the Wall was carried out in several phases until around 1560.
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June 30th, 2021
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