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Queen's Sconce is a Civil War fortification located near Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. Constructed during the English Civil War in the 1640s, it served as a defensive earthwork for Royalist forces controlling Newark, which was a strategically important garrison town. The monument comprises substantial banks and ditches forming a polygonal or irregular fortified structure, designed to resist artillery bombardment typical of mid-seventeenth-century siege warfare. The sconce remains one of the best-preserved Civil War field fortifications in the Midlands, preserving important physical evidence of the military engineering and conflicts of the Civil War period.
Queen's Sconce is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016150. View the official record →
Queen's Sconce is a Civil War fortification located near Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016150.
Queen's Sconce 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 1016150.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 160m south east of Wharf Farm (4.4 km), Timber circle 430m north east of Stoke Fields Farm (4.9 km), Medieval settlement and remains of open fields immediately west of East Stoke village (5.2 km).
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