Site of Gray's Fort, a Parliamentarian earthwork during the Civil War siege of Newark. A diamond shaped work with angle bastions to front and rear. Destroyed by quarrying. (1)
The indicated site falls in a private garden; there are no visible remains of the earthwork. The topographical situation, atop Beacon Hill, is outstanding. (2)
See M3663 for nearby putative sconce.

Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

(1), Arch Office

<1> RCHM, 1964, Newark on Trent - The Civil War Siegeworks, pp 6, 37 (Published document). SNT1176.

<2> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.