Site Images from Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, 2016-2019
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5284/1084719. How to cite using this DOI
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Introduction
Images taken during the recording of Auckland Castle's medieval west wall and the monitoring of repairs to a small mural tower.
These images supplement the associated report, from which the following text was taken:
The southern part of the west wall was consolidated and repointed in 2016 before the construction of the new Welcome Building to its west. In 2018-19 the mural tower was repaired and altered for use as educational facility and the adjoining yard was altered.
The west wall pre-dates the tower but it contains no significant early features. Itcontains evidence of many alterations such as changes in height, creation of new openings and incorporation of elements of adjoining buildings. The latter are, or were, houses on the west face of the wall and service buildings on the east. There are no signs of any defensive features; the wall is simply a boundary.
The tower was an addition to the west wall and, like that structure, it was never intended to be a defensive feature. The radiocarbon dates from the roof timbers show that the tower was built in the 1420s or 30s under Thomas Langley, who was Bishop between 1406 and 1437.
