The White Tower, as it was originally known, was a fortress-stronghold built by the first Norman king, William the Conqueror.

A mass grave with 14th-century skeletons possibly linked to the Black Death was recently discovered at the Tower of London, along with rare medieval burial artifacts.

Tor Alva, or the White Tower, now rises nearly 100 feet above the rooftops, a gleaming 3D-printed beacon of architectural ambition in a village teetering on the edge of extinction.