Close Gate was demolished in 1797.
It is believed that the town wall ran only a short distance eastwards along the river from the Close Gate.
And the group continues to share heart-wrenching stories in response, until Will delivers a crucial clue for stopping the Mind Flayer: "Close gate".
There were six main gateways through the wall, they were (clockwise from western end): Close Gate – This gate was situated at the end of Close, the street that ran west from Sandhill, parallel with the river.
It was approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) long, at least 2 metres (6.5 ft) thick, up to 7.6 metres (25 ft) high, and had six main gates: Close Gate, West Gate, New Gate, Pilgrim Gate, Pandon Gate and Sand Gate.
On the north side of the Close Gate was the Whitefriars Tower, and it was the section of wall near there that the Scottish forces under General Leven broke through in the siege of 1644, after breaching the wall by use of mines and artillery fire.
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