Southampton South Gate & Tower Hampshire 1784

Southampton South Gate & Tower Hampshire. Southampton’s town walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the town in southern England. The Normans built a castle in Southampton. However, it wasn’t until conflict with France, and French raids on the town, that the defences were expanded to include stronger walls, with towers and gate houses. 

Original copper-plate engraved print from ‘The Antiquities of England and Wales’ by Francis Grose, dated in the plate 27th. July. 1784. Paper size approx. 10.75 x 8 inches. A rare antique print in nice condition.