Construction of the Mount School in the early C19 destroyed an earthwork known as "Parson's Mount" or "The Mount". Several cannon balls found. From this RCHM suggests earthwork constructed during Pilgramage of Grace, 1536, when fortifications are known to have been constructed at several sites around Newark. (3)

The presence of raised ground or a mound has been noted at this location since the early 19th century and is preserved in the names of Mount Lane and the adjacent Mount Square. Archaeological and historical theories as to its purpose range from possible early medieval or medieval town defences to an artillery post from the mid-16th century or from the period of Civil War activity. (4)

A single sherd of 16th- to mid-17th-century pottery was retrieved during a watching brief from the lowest of the bank deposits. (4)

Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

(2), Arch Office

<1> Brown C, 1904, History of Newark, p 138 (Published document). SNT526.

<2> RCHM, 1964, Newark on Trent - The Civil War Siegeworks, p 26 (Published document). SNT1176.

<3> Kinsley G, 1989, Newark's Archaeological Resource, App 1, p 9 (Unpublished document). SNT40.

<4> B. P. Hobbs and R. D. Savage, 2018, Land At the Former Mount School, Mount Land, Newark, Nottinghamshire: Scheme of Archaeological Monitoring and Recording (Unpublished document). SNT5845.