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Leicester Castle is a Norman castle founded in the late eleventh century following the Norman Conquest, situated within the medieval town of Leicester. The Magazine Gateway is a substantial stone gatehouse forming part of the castle's defensive architecture, demonstrating the military engineering conventions of the medieval period. The castle complex served as an important administrative and military centre for Leicestershire, with the gateway representing a key element of the fortified entrance system. The surviving stonework reflects the castle's development across the medieval centuries, though the site experienced significant changes during the post-medieval period and subsequent urban development.
Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012147. View the official record →
Leicester Castle is a Norman castle founded in the late eleventh century following the Norman Conquest, situated within the medieval town of Leicester. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012147.
Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1012147.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Greyfriars, Leicester (0.3 km), The Raw Dykes Roman aqueduct (1.6 km), The 'Roman' bridge, Aylestone (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.