Newark on Trent Town Wall

In the civil parish of Newark.
In the historic county of Nottinghamshire (Modern Authority of Nottinghamshire, 1974 county of Nottinghamshire).

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

This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK798539

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 322371

Books

Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p24, 41, 60, 179, 228, 230, 233, 267
Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p91
Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report) p92-116
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p382
Barley, M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) Medieval Towns in England and Wales (CBA research reports) pp57-71 plan p63
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London)

Journal Articles

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 Vol97 p14-63
Todd, Malcolm, 1977, 'Excavations on the medieval defences of Newark, 1976' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol81 p41-54
Todd, Malcolm, 1974, 'Excavations on the medieval defences of Newark, 1972' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol78 p27-53
1973, Medieval Archaeology Vol17 p170
Barley, M.W., 1961, 'Excavation of the Borough ditch, Slaughterhouse Lane, Newark, 1961' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol65 p10-18
[Barley], 1961, Medieval Archaeology Vol5 p323-4
Barley, M.W., 1955, Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Record Series Vol16 p.xvii, xxii

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