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Monk bar

Monk Bar consists of a four-storey gatehouse. It is the most elaborate and ornate of the surviving gates. The passageway and two lower storeys have elaborate vaulted roofs.

 

The Bar dates from the early fourteenth century. The elaborate design of the gatehouse meant that it could function as a self-contained fortress with each floor capable of being defended.

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Uploaded on June 20, 2006
Taken on June 17, 2006