Mr Monkey looked at the Water Tower, built in 1322 to defend Chester's harbour. When it was built, the tower was actually in the river, but, as Mr Monkey noticed, the river rather sneakily moved. That did leave a lot of space for playing fields and gardens which, since 2002, have a two dimensional maze. And that was was more or less the end of Mr Monkey's walking around Chester's walls.
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