Description:Since Stafford was first occupied as a settlement it was fortified, at first by natural features - the River Sow on one side and marshland on the other. Early man-made defences includes medieval ditches and timber walls, which were later replaced by stone.
This is the north wall of Stafford's East Gate-house. It was originally on Lammascote Road, but was moved to the end of Eastgate Street in 1939, pictured here, due to road widening work. The house has since been demolished but the fragment of wall remains.
The groove in which the portcullis worked can still be seen in the wall.