N gate of Med town defences, demolished 1762. Area of E half excavated, but had been destroyed by later cellars. (1)
Romanticised and without scale, shows tall narrow arch in wall, all formed of thin slabs. Arch formed of double course of radially set voussoirs. Usually identifed as N gate of Med town, but close parallels in late Anglo Saxon doors, eg Brixworth. (2)
Stone wall with arch, demolished in 1762, shown in engraving of 1816 (3).
Bar Gate is the site of one of the gates, known by the northern term ‘bars’, providing access into the medieval town, which originally stood at the junction of Bar Gate and North Gate. This gate was described as an archway with two semi-circular heads with ovolo mouldings, it was taken down in 1762. (4)
Engraving based on earlier descriptions of the north gate or bar, [Cornelius Brown History of Newark Volume 1, 1904, p.139.] (4)
See M5677 for town defences, M3788 for East Bar, M3789 for South Gate.

<1> Thoroton Society, 1961, TTS, pp 10-18 (Published document). SNT375.

<2> Kinsley G, 1989, Newark's Archaeological Resource, App 1, p 5 (Unpublished document). SNT40.

<3> Dickinson W, 1816, The Town of Newark, opp p 7 (Published document). SNT613.

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<4> Historic England, 2024, Newark on Trent, Historic Area Assessment by Historic England (Unpublished document). SNT6029.