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© R Hill ARPS
IoE Number:
237250
Location:
TOWN FORTIFICATIONS INCLUDING THE BELL TOWER,
BERWICK UPON TWEED, BERWICK UPON TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND
Photographer:
R Hill ARPS
Date Photographed:
04 September 1999
Date listed:
26 May 1971
Date of last amendment:
26 May 1971
Grade
I
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1.
840 Town Fortifications
including the Bell Tower
NU 0052 7/26O
11/260
11/262
NU 0053 8/259
11/259
NT 9952 9/256
11/256
9/257
11/257
NT 9953 10/134
10/258
11/258
I
2.
One of the best examples in Europe of a fortified town. Medieval walls were
begun by Edward I and surrounded the town, with the Castle at their North
West corner. Their course is traceable, and fragments remain in the Bell
Tower (base) and walling on the North side. The Elizabethan fortifications
are unique in Britain, begun circa 1555 and built to the latest Italian
designs. In the 1760's the medieval walls were rebuilt with gun batteries,
and Coxon's Tower was rebuilt. The gates include Scotsgate (altered 1815
and 1858), Cowport (probably 1590's with C18 timber doors), Ness
Gate (1816), Shore Gate (1760's with original timber doors). Scheduled
AM.