The Gray Goose (Grå Gåsen in Swedish) is one of the lowest of the full-length towers of the wall. It is about 12–13 meters high, as opposed to the 16–23 meters of the majority of the towers. The name is probably original and comes from the fact that the tower is gray, short and clumsy, like a goose. On the surface, it actually is a large tower. It was erected at the same time as the construction of the southern part of the Old Wall, which should have been around 1280-1288, and used as a defense tower. In 1726 to 1887, the area inside the wall between these towers were used as military proving grounds and the tower was rebuilt for storage.

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