More information : (TA 0495 8897) Earthwork remains of a possible Civil War breastwork, part of the Scarborough Castle complex.
In October-November 1998, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England carried out an analytical field survey of Scarborough Castle (Parent Record TA 08 NW 35; Event Record 1205090).
A poorly preserved earthwork defining possible site of a Civil War breastwork. It survives as a bank up to 1.2m high with a rounded profile which descends the forward slope of the Castle Dykes. For further details, see the detailed report held in the NMR archive, which includes versions of the 1:1000 scale plan and extracts from historic maps. The remainder of the archive material is also available from the NMR. (1)
The feature is a possible survival of a triangular-shaped enclosure on the forward slope of the Castle Dykes first shown on a 1742 copy of a map of 1716. The enclosure may have been a "place of arms" constructed by the defenders of the castle prior to the first of the Civil War sieges to defend the forward slope of the Castle Dykes. (1a)
Poorly-preserved earthwork marking a possible Civil War breastwork. It survives as a bank up to 1.2m high with a rounded profile which descends the forward slope of the Castle Dykes. The feature is a possible survival of a triangular-shaped enclosure on the forward slope of the Castle Dykes first shown on a 1742 copy of Phillips map of 1716. The enclosure may have been a `place of arms¿ constructed by the defenders of the castle prior to the first of the Civil War sieges to defend the forward slope of the Castle Dykes. (3)
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