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Medieval town defences is a series of earthwork fortifications located in Bolsover, Derbyshire, positioned approximately 183 metres south-east of the Church of St Mary and St Lawrence and 335 metres north-east of Bolsover Castle. The defences comprise banks and ditches that formed part of the medieval settlement's protective perimeter, indicating the strategic importance of Bolsover as a fortified town during the medieval period. The earthwork remains survive as landscape features that demonstrate the evolution of the settlement's defensive architecture in relation to the nearby castle, which dominated the locality from the Norman period onwards. These fortifications reflect the typical medieval practice of defending market towns and administrative centres with linear earthwork systems complementing masonry fortifications at key points within the urban landscape.
Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007053. View the official record →
Medieval town defences is a series of earthwork fortifications located in Bolsover, Derbyshire, positioned approximately 183 metres south-east of the Church of St Mary and St Lawrence and 335 metres north-east of Bolsover Castle. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007053.
Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle 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 1007053.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house. (0.3 km), Four watchtowers SW of town (0.9 km), Sutton Scarsdale Hall (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle'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.
Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.