Newark on Trent Town Wall

Has been described as a Certain Urban Defence

There are masonry footings remains

NameNewark on Trent Town Wall
Alternative Names
Historic CountryNottinghamshire
Modern AuthorityNottinghamshire
1974 AuthorityNottinghamshire
Civil ParishNewark

Evidence for Roman settlement. An early Medieval town is recorded here and a ditch has been excavated which is provisionally dated from 878 to 918. The Medieval town defences were probably built in the first half of C14. In 1086 the Bishop of Lincoln had in demesne at Newark 56 burgesses. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

Scant remains of C12 and C14 earth banks and stone walls.

- Philip Davis

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 ReferenceSK798539
Latitude53.0766983032227
Longitude-0.808560013771057
Eastings479800
Northings353900
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 2013, Medieval Walled Towns (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 101
  • Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p. 24, 41, 60, 179, 228, 230, 233, 267
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 91
  • Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report 61) p. 92-116 online copy
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 382
  • Barley, M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) The plans and topography of medieval towns in England and Wales (CBA Research Report 14) p. 57-71 plan p. 63 download/view online
  • Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p. 120
  • Barley, M.W. (ed), 1956, Documents relating to the Manor and Soke of Newark-on-Trent (Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Record Series Vol. 16) p. xvii, xxii

Journals

  • Creighton, Oliver, 2006, ''Castles of Communities': Medieval Town Defences in England; Wales and Gascony' Château Gaillard Vol. 22 p. 75-86
  • Cuttler, R. and Ramsey, E., 2005, 'The excavations of Roman, medieval and Civil War remains at Trent Lane, Newark, Nottinghamshire' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 109 p. 47-67
  • Kinsley, A.G., 1993, 'Excavations on the Saxo-Norman town defences at Slaughter House Lane, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 97 p. 14-63
  • Todd, Malcolm, 1977, 'Excavations on the medieval defences of Newark, 1976' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 81 p. 41-54
  • Todd, Malcolm, 1974, 'Excavations on the medieval defences of Newark, 1972' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 78 p. 27-53
  • 1973, Medieval Archaeology Vol. 17 p. 170 download copy
  • Barley, M.W., 1961, 'Excavation of the Borough ditch, Slaughterhouse Lane, Newark, 1961' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 65 p. 10-18
  • (Barley), 1961, Medieval Archaeology Vol. 5 p. 323-4 download copy
  • Hodgkinson, R.F.B., 1922, 'The town walls of Newark' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 26 p. 106-9