Various APs show star-shaped Civil War fort 1.5 miles NW of Newark, partly ploughed away. Best photo is LI 52. Also cannon mound in NE corner, on line of Old North Road. Covered bridge which was at different angle to present one. (1) (2)
A quadrilateral shaped earthwork surrounded by a ditch about 6ft deep. 2 gun emplacements to the NW and NE corners commanding the crossing of the River Trent, also bastions at SW and SE, and this earthwork formed part of the Royalist defence of Newark. The N road passed through the fort which shows within it part of the bridge abutment. (3)
A slight, but well preserved, Civil War earthwork. (4)
The feature has survived as surveyed in 1962 save that the natural scarp portrayed to the NW has been removed. The traffic ruts have also gone, and no trace of an old bridge could be seen in either bank of the river. (5)
Site is clipped by a roadway and rubbish tip on the S and SE sides. The original passage into the fort is damaged since the 1964 RCHM survey (monument No 3). (6)
The sconce is a slight earthwork with a max height of 1m in ancient pasture. (7)
Fort earthworks. (10)
For full description and plan see (8). See also (9) - does not correspond with layout on 1:10000 map.

Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

Photocopy, (9), SMR card

Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

(8), Arch Office

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CCL 238/0598/10

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CCL 238/0598/9

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CUCAP LI52

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CUCAP BR68

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

3 BW prints, CPE/UK2009/3417, 3418, 3419

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CUCAP BR69

<1> CUCAP, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT594.

Other Refs: BR 68,69, LI 52

<2> Thoroton Society, 1955, TTS, pp 98-9 (Published document). SNT369.

<3> MOW, 819 (Published document). SNT929.

<4> Harper FR, 1962, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT748.

<5> Seaman BH, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1252.

<6> Hart CR, AM107 (Unpublished document). SNT753.

<7> Samuels JR, 1985, AM107 (Unpublished document). SNT1230.

<8> RCHM, 1964, Newark on Trent - The Civil War Siegeworks, p34 (Published document). SNT1176.

<9> OS, 1920, 1:2500, County Series 1920 (Map). SNT1029.

Other Refs: 30/11

<10> RAF, 1947, Air photographs (Aerial photograph). SNT2001.

Other Refs: CPE/UK2009/3417, 3418, 3419