The gate tower sticks out from the wall about a meter or so.
The roof of the gate tower would be well covered by fire from below.
An old man in armor appeared on the gate tower.
A shout went up from the gate tower, and guards came running toward them.
"He's on the wall near the gate tower," came the answer.
- made him feel better as they passed the small group of men near the gate tower.
Between 1450 and 1457 a new gate tower was built.
It also had a gate tower in the middle of the western wall.
They would be hauled before the walls, probably in front of the gate tower.
In the 19th century, the gate towers were all torn down one after the other.