Description

TF 8115
11/1

CASTLE ACRE
BAILEY STREET
Bailey Gate

G.V.
I

Bailey Gate. C13. Rubble flint, stone dressings. Rectangular on plan with
inner and outer arches, 2 round towers to north. North arch of unmoulded stone
blocks, jambs dying into wall. Interior rere,arch. South side has 2 unmoulded
stone block arches with interior rere'arch, supported by quoined piers.
Grooves for portcullis, hinges of later, no longer extant doors. Forms north
gate of C13 west extension of fortifications of Castle Acre Castle (q.v.).
Scheduled Ancient-Monument County Number 140.

Listing NGR: TF8172815150

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Castle Acre Bailey Gate at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5049977

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  For the Record
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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