Great Yarmouth New Mount
Has been described as a Certain Artillery Fort
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
| Name | Great Yarmouth New Mount |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Norfolk |
| Modern Authority | Norfolk |
| 1974 Authority | Norfolk |
| Civil Parish | Great Yarmouth |
The Mount was erected in 1569 as a defence against the Spanish Armada (sic). As originally designed and built, it was an earth platform 200ft long and 50ft high, and built against the inner town wall. The weight of wall caused the wall to collapse into the moat, so the wall was repaired and the Mount extended 30ft beyond the wall. It was built in three tiers and appears to have mounted 10 guns. In 1588, Sir Thomas Leighton surveyed the town defences and found the Mount to be wanting, it forming a bank which could be easily scaled. It was modified as a large brick bastion with a scarp 15ft high and with recessed flanks, most of which still survives, having been buried under the foundations of the general Hospital. The mount behind was modified to form a cavalier overlooking the bastion and adjoining walls. The mount within the walls was levelled in 1714 and St. Georges Chapel was built. The north wall and the east angle of this structure still survives as the boundary wall of the former Great Yarmouth Hospital yard (hospital now demolished). (PastScape)
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | TG526073 |
| Latitude | 52.60498046875 |
| Longitude | 1.72997999191284 |
| Eastings | 652660 |
| Northings | 307330 |
