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Newcastle upon Tyne town defences is a section of medieval curtain wall forming part of the fortified circuit that enclosed the medieval town. The surviving section includes Durham Tower, a substantial stone tower that served as a defensive structure and part of the perimeter fortification system. The remains date to the medieval period, with construction and modification occurring across several centuries as the town's defensive requirements evolved. The associated town ditch, surviving as an earthwork feature adjacent to the wall, formed an integral part of the defensive system, providing an additional obstacle to potential attackers and defining the boundary of the defended settlement.
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Durham Tower and section of town ditch is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019279. View the official record →
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences is a section of medieval curtain wall forming part of the fortified circuit that enclosed the medieval town. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019279.
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Durham Tower and section of town ditch 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 1019279.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall and town ditch between Forth Street and Hanover Street (0.6 km), Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Closegate and Water Tower (0.7 km), Newcastle Swing Bridge (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Durham Tower and section of town ditch'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.
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Durham Tower and section of town ditch stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.