Now THIS is a gate. Pretty impressive, what? For a tiny town, this is quite impressive. This gate was the south facing gate which ran along the fortified wall which ran all around the town.
The gate is a bit hidden away when you approach it from the town side.
A modern day building abuts the gate. 
Very narrow opening as you can see, at that time I guess all you had to worry about was a bullock cart or a carriage to pass through, defence of the wall was more important than traffic, eh? I liked the juxtaposition of the traffic signs as well. 
Besides the main route, there was a smaller narrower walkway. 
A fountain which was no longer working along with a sign for the town council. 
As the plaque says, it was made not so long ago, just to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Jubilee. 
Looking back down the footway. 
It has a set of art display rooms on top, unfortunately closed for now. 
View of the south Gate from the other side. And here’s the slideshow with more photographs.
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