Clifford's Tower - York, E. Yorkshire '16 - Paul Abbott
Wow! This is a surprise, Paul. Of course, in itself it is an attention deserving picture. Well done.
First it's so handsome a defined as an architectural structure, but then the surrounding mound is a military planning puzzle to me, at least. Of course, I can't assess the distance of the beginning of the mound to the "fort", but it would seem that sappers from an attack force would be relatively well shielded from direct line of sight from the parapets on the top of the stone defensive walls.
So attacking fellow's could have a simple portable wooden roof to protect against incoming showers of arrows and start digging a tunnel into the base of the tower!
Could be that there are more such towers and the archers could adequately cross cover the hillsides.
..............Now you have me interested! I went on a reading spree that has opened up history that my education omitted! A great start is found
here This was part of a large and important York Castle that, in each century had a function varying from position of Royal power, garrison or rundown prison for common or political prisoners.
Asher