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| Name: | MEDIEVAL TOWN DEFENCES OF NEWARK |
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| HER Number: | M5677 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Monument Types
- TOWN DEFENCES (E Med-Med, Early Medieval to Medieval - 878 AD to 1368 AD)
Full description
The Dark Age borough at Newark (centred at above grid ref) was enclosed by a ditch, the course of which is postulated. The course of the Med wall, considered to have followed the line of the earlier ditch, is partly known by the position of the gates; at North Bar (see L3164), East Bar in the middle of Bridge Street and the third at the N end of Millgate. Carter Gate and Appleton Gate are the remains of a Med "by-pass". The ditch probably dates from 878-918. The Med town wall, a masonry wall some 2ft 9in thick, was built prior to 1368, probably in the first half of C14. (1) (2)
See L5678-84, L3164, L3486, L3790, L11285 for excavations of town defences at various points; L3163 for wall, possibly Med town wall, M18301 for town ditch or drain at Castlegate.
<1> Thoroton Society, 1961, TTS, pp 10-18 (Published document). SNT375.
<2> RCHM, 1964, Newark on Trent - The Civil War Siegeworks, p 28 (Published document). SNT1176.
<3> Thoroton Society, 1977, TTS, pp 41-54 (Published document). SNT390.
Related records
| L5681 | Parent of: BANK & DITCH AT 48-52 CASTLE GATE, NEWARK (Element) |
| L3486 | Parent of: BOROUGH DITCH AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE LANE, NEWARK (Element) |
| L3790 | Parent of: DITCH AT MOUNT LANE, NEWARK (Element) |
| M3788 | Parent of: East Bar, Newark (Monument) |
| L5683 | Parent of: EXCAVATIONS AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE LANE, NEWARK (Element) |
| M3164 | Parent of: MEDIEVAL TOWN GATE AT NORTH BAR, NEWARK (Monument) |
| L11285 | Parent of: Possible rampart material, Castle Gate, Newark (Element) |
| L5679 | Parent of: RAMPART AND WALL AT LOMBARD STREET, NEWARK (Element) |
| L5700 | Parent of: RAMPART AT ST LEONARD'S COURT, NEWARK (Element) |
| M3789 | Parent of: South Gate, Newark (Monument) |
| L3163 | Parent of: STONE WALL, NEWARK (Element) |
| L5684 | Parent of: TOWN DITCH AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE LANE, NEWARK (Element) |
| L5678 | Parent of: WALL AND RAMPART, BY OLD WHITE HART YARD, NEWARK (Element) |
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