Tower Dock

The origin of the dock is obscure but may represent a section of the natural shoreline left behind when the wharves on either side were built.

At the time of the report the Bulwark still stood, but its moat, save for the surviving part of Tower Dock, had been filled in.

[4] In the late 1950s, all but the head of the dock, was filled in and paved, during the construction of the now demolished and replaced Three Quays House.

[5] In 1617 Walter Raleigh led an unsuccessful attempt to plunder Spain's colonial empire in the Americas and also find the mythical city of gold, El Dorado.

The expedition was a failure and the King of Spain applied enormous diplomatic pressure for Raleigh's arrest and execution.