Building record M3040 - NEWARK CASTLE
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 79635 54029 (56m by 105m) |
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Map sheet | SK75SE |
District | Newark |
Civil Parish | Newark, Newark |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Rectangular plan stone castle on a cliff above the River Trent. The N gatehouse is the most elaborate of its kind in England with massive port and buttresses, chambers incorporating details of 1170-1180s AD, fine cushion capitals and early windows in upper chambers. Early masonry is visible in the W curtain wall which has a SW tower of some note. Traces of wall passages and Norman windows filled or cut by later works include a fine oriel window with views to the W. The Hall near the NW corner angle has a crypt with round headed arches. Much remodelling of the castle is evident with C15/C16 windows and castings over earlier features. (2)
The E walls have been completely levelled with internal structures but the ground drops away to the E and S indicating early ? Saxon/Norman defensive rampart. Below ground remains of the castle courtyard, the S walls, the NE walls, the E ramparts and ditches can be traced by the visitor (scheduled area extended --/07/1986 to cover these). The building lines to the S of the castle, along with hair cracks and lines of subsidence indicate substantial filled features including ditches. (2)
The whole of the castle grounds are now landscaped and open as public gardens. Restoration work underway. An excavation in 1984 outside the scheduled area to the S of the SW tower located another tower which may be part of a gateway. The base of that tower lines up with projecting masonry from the SW tower. Destruction of the new tower (Jenny's Tower) probably took place in the C14 with evidence of pottery, but how it fits in with the circuit of castle walls is not clear. (3)
Raised from c.1133 by … Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln. A later bishop, perhaps Henry de Burghersh (1320-40), rebuilt the curtain wall, including the NW and central turrets. Archbishop … Thomas Rotherham (1471-80) [added] a two-storey oriel. Slight[ed] at the end of the Civil War. Salvin['s] restoration [was in] 1845-8. (16)
Modern buildings excluded. See publications for excavation details. (1) quoted on SAM form.
See L9866 for Neolithic finds, L9867 for Bronze Age finds, L9864 for Roman finds and features, L9865 for Saxon burials, L9868 for Saxon features, L10852, L10856, L10858-61, L10865-69, and L10871-77 for Medieval features, L10878 for post medieval features and L10879-80 for geophysical anomalies.
Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.
6 BW prints, CUCAP BR 57 - 60, 77, 78, SMR
Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.
2 BW print, SMR
Listed buildings slides, 41 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.
Gordon Stubbs NDC, Feb 1984, Newark Castle SW Tower (Plan). SNT4422.
<1> MOW, 819 (Published document). SNT929.
<2> Hart CR, 1984, AM107 (Unpublished document). SNT754.
<3> Samuels JR, 1985, AM107 (Unpublished document). SNT1230.
<4> Lawson Lowe AE, 1876, Black's Guide to Nottinghamshire (Published document). SNT875.
<5> Brown C, 1904, History of Newark (Published document). SNT526.
<6> Barley WM and Dixon PW, 1974, Council Rept (Published document). SNT452.
<7> Thoroton Society, 1935, TTS, pp 53-91 (Published document). SNT353.
<8> Thoroton Society, 1939, TTS, pp 22-56 (Published document). SNT356.
<9> Thoroton Society, 1955, TTS, pp 98-9 (Published document). SNT369.
<10> Thoroton Society, 1956, TTS, pp 20-33 (Published document). SNT370.
<11> Thoroton Society, 1973, TTS, pp 34-40 (Published document). SNT386.
<12> Thoroton Society, 1978, TTS, pp 72-3 (Published document). SNT391.
<13> Kinsley G, 1989, Newark's Archaeological Resource, App 1, pp 3-5 (Unpublished document). SNT40.
<14> CUCAP, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT594.
Other Refs: BR 57-60,77,78, Em D14, Spec Coll A ,
<15> NCC Archaeology Team, Site Book 4 (Unpublished document). SNT310.
<16> Pevsner N, 1997, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (with corrections), p 189-190 (Monograph). SNT1734.
<17> Hill P R, 14/11/1992, Report on Stone from Newark Castle (Unpublished document). SNT2052.
Sources/Archives (21)
- --- SNT2645 Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
- --- SNT2646 Ground photograph: Data Held: Ground Photograph.
- --- SNT2648 Photograph: Listed buildings slides. 41 slides.
- --- SNT4422 Plan: Gordon Stubbs NDC. Feb 1984. Newark Castle SW Tower. A3.
- <1> SNT929 Published document: MOW. 819.
- <2> SNT754 Unpublished document: Hart CR. 1984. AM107.
- <3> SNT1230 Unpublished document: Samuels JR. 1985. AM107.
- <4> SNT875 Published document: Lawson Lowe AE. 1876. Black's Guide to Nottinghamshire.
- <5> SNT526 Published document: Brown C. 1904. History of Newark. 1.
- <6> SNT452 Published document: Barley WM and Dixon PW. 1974. Council Rept.
- <7> SNT353 Published document: Thoroton Society. 1935. TTS. 39. pp 53-91.
- <8> SNT356 Published document: Thoroton Society. 1939. TTS. 43. pp 22-56.
- <9> SNT369 Published document: Thoroton Society. 1955. TTS. 59. pp 98-9.
- <10> SNT370 Published document: Thoroton Society. 1956. TTS. 60. pp 20-33.
- <11> SNT386 Published document: Thoroton Society. 1973. TTS. 77. pp 34-40.
- <12> SNT391 Published document: Thoroton Society. 1978. TTS. 82. pp 72-3.
- <13> SNT40 Unpublished document: Kinsley G. 1989. Newark's Archaeological Resource. App 1, pp 3-5.
- <14> SNT594 Aerial photograph: CUCAP. Air photos.
- <15> SNT310 Unpublished document: NCC Archaeology Team. Site Book 4.
- <16> SNT1734 Monograph: Pevsner N. 1997. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (with corrections). p 189-190.
- <17> SNT2052 Unpublished document: Hill P R. 14/11/1992. Report on Stone from Newark Castle.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
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- Parent of: BRONZE AGE FINDS FROM EXCAVATION AREA 3, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L9867)
- Parent of: C12th DITCH AND RAMPART AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10858)
- Parent of: C12th RAMPART AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10856)
- Parent of: CASTLE RAMPART: EXCAVATION AREA 7, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10876)
- Parent of: EARLY MEDIEVAL BUILDING AT NEWARK CASTLE (Monument) (M18046)
- Parent of: EXCAVATION AREA 4, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10872)
- Parent of: EXCAVATION AREA 6, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10874)
- Parent of: EXCAVATION AREA A, 1998 AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10883)
- Parent of: EXCAVATION AREA B, 1998 AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10884)
- Parent of: EXCAVATION AREA E1, 1998 AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10885)
- Parent of: EXCAVATION AREA U, 1998 AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10888)
- Parent of: EXCAVATION, 1993 AREA 5, 1998 AREA C, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10873)
- Parent of: GEOPHYSICAL ANOMALY A AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10879)
- Parent of: GEOPHYSICAL ANOMALY B AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10880)
- Parent of: L10886 EXCAVATION AREA E2, 1998 AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10886)
- Parent of: MEDIEVAL DITCH AND POST HOLES AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10860)
- Parent of: MEDIEVAL FEATURES, EXCAVATION AREA 3, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10871)
- Parent of: MEDIEVAL FEATURES: EXCAVATION AREA 7, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10877)
- Parent of: MEDIEVAL FINDS FROM NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10859)
- Parent of: MEDIEVAL STRUCTURES AT BELL’S YARD, NEWARK (Element) (L10865)
- Parent of: MEDIEVAL WALL AT CUCKSTOOL WHARF, NEWARK (Element) (L10866)
- Parent of: NEOLITHIC FINDS FROM EXCAVATION AREA 3, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L9866)
- Parent of: NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L3040)
- Parent of: NEWARK CASTLE BANK: EXCAVATION AREA 1, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10868)
- Parent of: NEWARK CASTLE BANK: EXCAVATION AREA 2, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10869)
- Parent of: NEWARK CASTLE DITCH: EXCAVATION AREA 1 AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10867)
- Parent of: NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST ALIGNED DITCH (MOAT?) (Element) (MNT27954)
- Parent of: POST MEDIEVAL FEATURES: EXCAVATION AREA 7, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10878)
- Parent of: POST MEDIEVAL FINDS FROM NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10861)
- Parent of: ROMAN FINDS & DITCHES AT EXCAVATION AREA 3, NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L9864)
- Parent of: SAXON CEMETERY AT NEWARK CASTLE (Monument) (M18045)
- Parent of: UNDERCROFT FOUNDATIONS AT NEWARK CASTLE (Element) (L10852)
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Record last edited
Nov 28 2023 11:30AM