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It is a part of the defensive and hydroengineering system of the Polish Gate. It is located on the rock, 12 m high, to which the barbican at the Overgate Tower adjoins. The stone, two-tiered, oval in plan, 7,7 m in large diameter, 6,5 m in smaller diameter. Not large area of the rock is its foundation. The wall thickness from the floor side is 1,35 m, and 1,15 m - from the opposite side.The coverings are on the beams are with propping up in the sockets of the walls. The entrance to the first tier is located from the side of the rock, the tiers are connected by the wooden stairs. The floor of the first tier is the rock, paved by the flag. The loopholes of the first tier are with sides, widening outside. The loopholes of the second tier are made with a strong slant of the embrasure part and the narrowing of the sides outside. The small areas of the one-tiered defensive walls sided with the tower from the south and north (the northern one did not remain). The Southern wall was located over the casemate at the barbican of the Overgate Tower.
It was restored in 1978.

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Translated by Yana Anufriyeva
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