Some political wag has said the reason the country is currently going to the dogs is that there is only one raven left in the Tower.
The legend is of course that if the ravens leave the tower then the country will fall.
Well:
The Raven Cemetary can be found in the drained moat close to the Watergate and St Thomas’s Tower. There’s a special Raven Memorial Headstone that lists all the ravens buried there since 1956.
It has been observed that when a member of the flock perishes, the birds will hold what could be called a “raven funeral” – a 24-hour event marked by raucous outcries. The Ravenmaster buries the dead bird in the Raven Cemetery located in the drained moat close to the Watergate and the St Thomas Tower. (St Thomas is the patron saint of clergy.) (Incidentally, in England, tombstones are sometimes referred to as “ravenstones”.)
The St Thomas Tower is also known as Traitors’ Gate because it was through this Tower that condemned prisoners accused of treason arrived from Westminster.
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