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| Name: | MEDIEVAL TOWN GATE AT NORTH BAR, NEWARK |
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| HER Number: | M3164 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Monument Types
- TOWN GATE (Med-1762, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1762 AD)
Full description
N gate of Med town defences, demolished 1762. Area of E half excavated, but had been destroyed by later cellars. (1)
Stone wall with arch, demolished in 1762, shown in engraving of 1816 (3).
Romanticised and without scale, shows tall narrow arch in wall, all formed of thin slabs. Arch formed of double course of radially set voussoirs. Usually identifed as N gate of Med town, but close parallels in late Anglo Saxon doors, eg Brixworth. (2)
See M5677 for town defences, M3788 for East Bar, M3789 for South Gate.
<1> Thoroton Society, 1961, TTS, pp 10-18 (Published document). SNT375.
<2> Kinsley G, 1989, Newark's Archaeological Resource, App 1, p 5 (Unpublished document). SNT40.
<3> Dickinson W, 1816, The Town of Newark, opp p 7 (Published document). SNT613.
Other Refs: ill
Related records
| L3164 | Parent of: MEDIEVAL GATE AT NORTH BAR, NEWARK (Element) |
| M5677 | Part of: MEDIEVAL TOWN DEFENCES OF NEWARK (Monument) |
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