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Latitude: 53.1934 / 53°11'36"N
Longitude: -2.8959 / 2°53'45"W
OS Eastings: 340242
OS Northings: 366626
OS Grid: SJ402666
Mapcode National: GBR 79.2YXP
Mapcode Global: WH887.HZ7S
Plus Code: 9C5V54V3+8M
Entry Name: Morgans Mount
Listing Date: 28 July 1955
Last Amended: 6 August 1998
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1376134
English Heritage Legacy ID: 470124
ID on this website: 101376134
Location: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St Oswald and St Thomas of Canterbury
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Architectural structure Watchtower
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4066NW CITY WALLS
595-1/1/106 Morgan's Mount
28/07/55
(Formerly Listed as:
City Walls & Towers incl.
foundations of SE angle Roman
Fortress wall & tower)
GV I
Rectangular watch tower and possibly emplacement for Civil War
cannon. 1640s. Red sandstone coursed rubble. The tower is
rectangular. The chamber has a pair of barred openings with
chamfered square divider of stone, facing west and a simple
opening facing north. An L-shaped stone stair with 2 flights
of 5 stone steps leads to the roof which forms a viewing
platform which has a stone parapet surmounted by a simple iron
railing, with an L-shaped stone bench at its north-east
corner.
HISTORICAL NOTE: originally called the Raised Square Platform,
this item is said to have been named Morgan's Mount after
Capt. William Morgan or his son Edward, supposed commanders of
the Royalist garrison during the Civil War.
(Collens: Cheshire Sites and Monuments Record: 3007/2/5;
Bartholomew City Guides: Harris B: Chester: Edinburgh: 1979-:
85; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Hubbard E: Cheshire:
1971-: 155; Cheshire Sites and Monuments Record: Collens J:
Chester City: 3007/1/2).
Listing NGR: SJ4024266626
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