THE TOWER OF LONDON

Yesterday my family and I went to the Tower of London.  I saw and learned many things.  A cool thing that I learned about was the crown jewels.  They are worn when the queen calls in the Parliament.  The jewels consist of many things but the six biggest things are gold, diamonds, sapphire, rubies, emeralds and pearls.

The second thing that we saw was the armament.  This included all their weapons, armor, and defense systems.  They had many weapons that changed over time.  The first was the long bow which was deadly accurate if you used it correctly.  Next there were swords, lances, maces and axes.  Lastly guns, like the pistol and riffle were made.  They also had many kinds of armor.  The armor suits were used when the soldiers went out for battle.  They also had armor for their horses.  The tower had two walls.  One was twenty-five foot thick and the other fifty feet high.  Lastly they had defense systems for the tower.  They had a fifteen foot deep mote around it.  They had canons stationed around it.  Lastly there were slits in the wall so that archers could hit people without being hit themselves.  

The last thing that we saw was their torture instruments.  The first one was called "The Rack" which pretty much stretched you out and tore out your limbs.  The second one was called "Scavengers Daughter" which crushed you to death.  The last way was to hang you by your wrists by metal cuffs. 

After that we left and saw many sites from the London Eye.