The Kozorog stone tower of the Okolny defensive wall in Veliky Novgorod

The paper introduces into scientific discussion a well-preserved architectural monument - the Kozorog stone gate-tower embedded into the rampart. The author investigated the tower remains by test-pits in 2009-2010. The tower is preserved up to 6 m of its original height, which exceeds all studied towers of the Okolny defensive wall. Apparently, the tower is one of those not numerous constructions with preserved arch- shape passageway and, probably, a back fa?ade facing the city. Clear startigraphy and rather well preserved stone constructions make the Kozorog tower a kind of pilot objects. It is necessary to raise the question on its conservation with the perspective to use it as a museum object.