" Upon the additional work now de-
" scribed, was raised a wall wholly of
" brick, only that it terminating in bat-
" tlements, these were topped with cop-
" ings of stone.  It was two feet four
" inches in thickness, and somewhat
" above eight feet in height.  The bricks
" of these were of the same module and
" size with those of the part underneath.
" How long they have been in use is un-
" certain."  Woodward's Roman Anti-
" quities, and Present State of London.

A tower of the same construction,
twenty-six feet in height, is still remain-
ing, and is situated almost opposite the
end of Gravel lane, on the west side of
Houndsditch, tho' much decayed.  There
is a door within the wall of this tower, in
Shoemaker row, fronting the passage into
Duke's Place.  Mr. Maitland observes,
that in searching for this tower, about
eighty paces south east, towards Aldgate,
he discovered another of the same con-
truction, twenty-one feet high, perfectly
found, and much more beautiful than the
former; the bricks being as sound as if
but newly laid, while the stones in most
parts are become a sacrifice to time.

The remains of the walls are at present
much more extensive than is generally
imagined.  They still subsist in part be-
tween the houses on the east side of Poor
Jewry lane, and the Minories, almost all
the way along the back of Houndsditch,
from Aldgate to Bishopsgate.  The ruins
of the wall are from thence visible to every
passenger in the street, from where Little
Moorgate lately stood to the end of Al-
dermanbury, and from thence extending
behind the houses, it reaches to Cripple-
gate; from whence it extends on the back
of St. Giles's church, and runs along the
back of the houses in Crowder's well alley,
where several lofty towers are still to be
seen, and is visible almost to Aldersgate;