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Arundel Town Defences
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; St Mary's Gate
In the civil parish of Arundel.
In the historic county of Sussex (Modern Authority of West Sussex, 1974 county of West Sussex).
Arundel was a borough between 1066 and 1086. The town was defended on the east and south by the marsh and river respectively, but on the north and west a wall was added in 1295 to pre-existing defences. The earthworks consist of a possible promontory fort, an C11 motte and civil war defences. No remains of C13 stone walls. Murage granted once in 1295. St Mary's gate survives but rebuilt in C19.
This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.
This site is a
Grade 2 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 297145)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ015720
PastScape number;
392630
Books
- Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p18,24,49,64,72,262
Jones, R., 2003, 'Hastings to Herstmonceux: the castles of Sussex' in Rudling, D. (ed) The archaeology of Sussex to AD2000 (Great Dunham: Heritage Marketing and Publications) p171-8
Salter, Mike, 2000, The Castles of Sussex (Malvern) p23
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 [plan]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p475
Fred Aldsworth and David Freke, 1976, Historic towns in Sussex: an archaeological survey Vol1976 p10-13
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
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p147-8
Beresford, Maurice, 1967, New towns of the Middle Ages: town plantation in England, Wales and Gascony (New York) p492
Clark, G.T., 1884, Medieval Military Architecture in England (Wyman and Sons) Vol1 p203
Journal Articles
- Allcroft, A.H., 1930, Sussex County Magazine Vol4 p609-15
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