harvey cites wynford's southwest tower of wells cathedral as "the source of the typical 'somerset tower'... and the later concept of the spireless tower throughout this country." harvey presumes that wynford, who died in 1405, was directly involved in the design of st cuthbert's parish church, a few blocks away from wells cathedral, one sign of the spread of the somerset tower into the surrounding countryside. ultimately, however, harvey concludes that what is needed to do a proper dating and sorting of the rich collection of medieval towers in somerset is a team of history, document, and architecture experts to probe widely and deeply, amassing all the clues possible before constructing the definitive dating and systematics of the towers.