At the southwest corner of the
White Tower in the
Tower of London, the last traces of something called the Coldharbour Gate can be seen (here with a
raven perched atop the sign). In Richard III's time, it served as the entry to the main Inmost Ward area, south of the Tower. In the 1330s, Edward III had his own royal apartments in this Coldharbour Gate. In 1341, these were taken over by the queen and their son, the future Black Prince. Edward had apparently moved his quarters to the south side of the Inmost Ward, to the
Lanthorn Tower.
