Jewel Tower
Built around 1365, it’s one of only two remnants left from the 1834 fire that ravaged the Royal Palace of Westminster. Quiet and easily overlooked, this three-level stone tower, once a moatside storehouse for Edward III’s treasures, has walls so thick it was later considered an ideal setting for taking accurate measurements. So you’ll see some explanation of weights-and-measures standards and some relics dug up from the moat (including a 1,200-year-old sword, and a bulbous bottle from the Sun, a 17th-c. tavern where Samuel Pepys drank).
Built around 1365, it’s one of only two remnants left from the 1834 fire that ravaged the Royal Palace of Westminster. Quiet and easily overlooked, this three-level stone tower, once a moatside storehouse for Edward III’s treasures, has walls so thick it was later considered an ideal setting for taking accurate measurements. So you’ll see some explanation of weights-and-measures standards and some relics dug up from the moat (including a 1,200-year-old sword, and a bulbous bottle from the Sun, a 17th-c. tavern where Samuel Pepys drank).
Details
Bookstore
Available as paperback
and as e-book.
