Named 'Battery' (1).
The fifth 'wicked' Lord … In 1749, he built two castellated forts, one on the W side of the lake. (2)
The restoration of 1986 included reinstating the doomed stone roof to the SW tower. There is no ball finial on either dome. (3)

Mock fort, probably dating from before 1760. Built for the fifth Lord Byron with two others in order to stage mock battles with a fleet of miniature men-of-war. Restored in 1986. Built of coursed and squared rubble and ashlar. (6)

Listed Buildings Slides, 6 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> Sanderson G, 1835, 20 miles around Mansfield - 2 in (Map). SNT48.

<2> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 204 (Monograph). SNT4.

<3> Donald Insall Associates Ltd, 2004, Newstead Abbey. Landscape Restoration Management Plan. Landscape Structures Condition Survey (Unpublished document). SNT4863.

<4> English Heritage, 1984, Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England - Part 33, Notts (Published document). SNT4554.

<5> DOE, 1987, Dist of Gedling (Unpublished document). SNT6300.

<6> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.