Transcript Newark in the Civil War

Cows, Conflict and Community:
the Newark Civil War Project
Dr Rachel Askew
Project Co-ordinator
Newark and the First Civil War
• English Civil War (1642-1646/7,
1648-1649, 1650-1651)
• Newark fortified 1642-1646
• Participated in 3 sieges
• Earthworks constructed by 3
armies: Royalist, Parliamentarian
and Scottish
Aftermath
• Plague
• Survey of castle, 18th March
1650
‘the Site of the Castle of Newarke lately dismantled within the Circumferance whereof is one acre of
ground or there aboute which ground is now of noe use by Reason of the Stone Rubbish and other
Materialls of the Castle now demolished which doe incumber the same. And the said Castle is soe
Ruienous that it will never be made habitable haveinge notheigne left but Ruinous peeces of the
walles’
• Defences destroyed, 1647
Resolved, &c. That the Fort at the River near Newark be disgarisoned, slighted, and dismantled.
(Journal of the House of Commons 5:102, 1st March 1647)
Summary of current knowledge
• Most extensive and complete
CW earthworks in the country
• But the location of many
earthworks is still unknown
• In addition, many of the
earthworks are not accessible
to the general public
The Newark Civil War Project: aims
• Locate earthworks
• Investigate through noninvasive and invasive means
• Record the earthworks and
other related activities
• Improve accessibility
Aim 1: Locate earthworks I
• LiDAR
• Aerial Photography
Aim 1: Locate earthworks II
• Geophysical survey
• Magnetometry
• Resistivity in plan
• Resistivity in profile
• GPR
• Will take place in playing fields, parks and
private gardens
Aim 2: Investigate. Non-invasive techniques
• Field walking
• Metal detecting
• Identification
workshops on 17thcentury material
Aim 2: Investigate. Invasive
techniques
• Open area, training excavations
• Areas selected on basis of survey
• Over inhabited areas rather than
ditches
• May include outlying villages
Aim 3: Record
• Use of GPS to record find scatters
• Recording of all excavations to
professional standards
• 3D laser scanning of upstanding
monuments
Aim 4: Increase Accessibility
• Construction of 3D virtual
reconstruction
• Improved interpretation at
Queen’s Sconce
• Better signposting and
explanation of upstanding
monuments
Additional activities
• Youth involvement
• Educational programme within
local schools
• Music and drama programmes
• Documentation of the project
through film, photography and
other media