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Upon Tyne, to diftinguifli it from the old monaftic caflle, fituated 

 in the fame place, and faid to have been of a round figure (c). 



The geographers place it in 21 degrees, and 30 minutes longi- 

 tude ; and 54 degrees, and 57 minutes of north latitude. It is 

 encompafled with a ftrong ftone-wall, ditch, and rampier of 

 earth ; has feven gates or ports, with many round towers, and 

 fquare turrets, built at different times, and by different perfons, 

 fome of them ftill retaining the names of their founders. Their 

 names are, 



CLOSE-GATE; Eure-Tower ; 



White Fner Tower ; Andrew-Tower ; 



White Fner Gate ; NEW-GATE ; 



Nevil-Tower ; Bertram Monboucher-Tower j 



Weft Spital-Tower ; Picket-Tower ; 



Stank-Tower ; PILGRIM-STREET-GATE j 



Gunner-Tower j Carliol-Tower ; 



Pink-Tower j Pampeden-Gaxe ; 



W E s T-G A T E ; Wall-Knowl-Tovter j 



Durham-Tower ; Habkin-Tower ; 



Heber-Tower ; SAND-GATEJ 



Black Frier-Ga.te ; BRIDGE-GATE. 

 Morten-Tower ; 



CLOSE-GATE is fituated at the weft end of a narrow flreet of 

 the fame name, on the margin of the river Tyne. It hath two 

 good rooms in it, of freeftone, and hewn work. 



The White Frier-tower is on the extremity of an eminence, of a 

 circular form, well paved, and feated at the top, The accefs to 



(c) Lib. de Rebus Novi Co/lrf, citat. per Bourne. 



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