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Bristol Town Wall
In the civil parish of Bristol.
In the historic county of Gloucestershire (Modern Authority of Bristol; City of, 1974 county of Avon).
C14 St John's Gate only substantial remain of Town wall, originally of earth and timber was replaced by stone from C11. The outer wall was constructed during the late C12, the southern extension during C13. Murage granted almost continuously from 1232 until end of C15.
This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 379019, 379875, 380175)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST58757315
PastScape number;
1005392
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- Books
- Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p24, 34, 93-4, 97, 131-2, 139, 167, 171, 173-5, 177, 209, 212, 215, 230, 233, 235, 255, 278-9
Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Gloucestershire and Bristol (Malvern) p19
BaRAS, 2000, Archaeological Excavation of a Medieval Watergate, Temple Quay (Bristol: City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Report No677)
Neale, F. (ed), 2000, William Worcestre, The Topography of Medieval Bristol (Bristol: Bristol Record Society Publications Vol51)
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p79
Leech, R.H., 1989, ‘Aspects of the medieval defences of Bristol: the town wall, the castle barbican and the Jewry' in Bowden, M., Mackay, D. and Topping, P. (eds), From Cornwall to Caithness: some aspects of British field Archaeology. Papers presented to Norman V Quinnell (Oxford: British Archaeological Reports British Series 209) p235-50
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
Ralph, E., 1986, 'Bristol circa 1480' in Skelton, R.A. and Harvey, P.D.A. (eds), Local Maps and Plans from Medieval England (Oxford: Clarendon Press) p309-16
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p185
Williams, B., 1981, Excavations in the medieval suburb of Redcliffe, Bristol, 1980 (Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery)
Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B., 1979, Bristol, An Architectural History (Bristol)
Price, R., 1979, ‘Excavation at the town wall, Bristol, 1974' in N Thomas (ed), Rescue Archaeology in the Bristol Area: 1, City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery p15-27
Lobel, M.D. and Carus-Wilson, E.M., 1975, 'Bristol' in Lobel, M.D. (ed) The Atlas of Historic Towns Vol2 (London: Scolar Press/Historic Towns Trust) p1-27
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 p61
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p191
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1958, The buildings of England North Somerset and Bristol (Harmondsworth)
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co) p219-20
Seyer, 1821, Memoirs History and Topography of Bristol (Bristol) Vol1 p263-74, Vol2 p49-54
- Journal Articles
- Burchill, R., 1996, 'Excavations on the Marsh Wall, King Street, Bristol' Bristol and Avon Archaeology Vol14 p11-16
Youngs, S.M. et al, 1988 ‘Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1987' Medieval Archaeology Vol32 p230
Jones, R., 1987, 'Bristol, Newgate' in Iles, R. and Kidd, A., ‘Avon Archaeology 1986 and 1987' Bristol and Avon Archaeology Vol6 p49
Youngs, S.M., Clark, J. and Barry, T.B., 1985, ‘Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1984' Medieval Archaeology Vol29 p162
Youngs, S.M., Clark, J. and Barry, T.B., 1984, 'Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1983' Medieval Archaeology Vol28 p207
Youngs, S.M., Clark, J. and Barry, T.B., 1983, ‘Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1982' Medieval Archaeology Vol27 p164-5
1979, CBA: Archaeology in Britain p41-2
Jackson, R.G., 1972, CBA Group 12: Newsletter Vol7 p53
1969, Medieval Archaeology Vol13
Hebditch, M., 1968, 'Excavations on the medieval defences, Portwall Lane, Bristol, 1965' Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol87 p131-143
[Hebditch], 1966, Medieval Archaeology Vol10 p198
Barton, K.J., 1964, 'The excavation of a medieval bastion at St Nicholas's Almshouses, King Street, Bristol' Medieval Archaeology Vol8 p184-212
1961, Medieval Archaeology Vol5 p322
Rahtz, P.A., 1960, 'Excavation by the Town Wall, Baldwin Street, Bristol, 1957' Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol79 p221-250
Marshall, K., 1951, 'Excavations in the City of Bristol, 1948-51' Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol70 p5-50
Pritchard, J.E., 1926, 'Old Plans and Views of Bristol' Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol48 p325-353
Pritchard, 1901, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol24 p274-6
- Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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