Monument record 1160/1/12 - Postern on West Side of Outer Bailey

{1} Outer bailey wall where best preserved on west side includes arch of semi-Norman character.

{2} Postern gate survives.

{3} Published view of postern.

{5} Remains now visible consist of.. Postern gate.. Wall connected with postern gate excavated to proper level..

{6} Letter from Chief Engineer of railway company stating company's intention to dismantle postern gate & rebuild it in new location within boundary wall of railway station; this to serve as memorial to destroyed castle; wall also to be faced with ashlar from castle.

{7} At northernmost end of wall stood postern gate; now removed.

{8} Postern gate stood at north end of wall exposed during excavations; now removed.

{9} On the edge of a retaining wall above St Andrew’s Road the site of the postern gate (which was reconstructed by the entrance to Castle Station).

<1> Wetton, 1849, Guidebook to Northampton and its Vicinity, p.30 (checked) (Book). SNN1032.

<2> Hartshorne C.H., 1846, The Castle & Parliaments of Northampton, (unchecked) (Paper/s). SNN3995.

<3> ROSE H., 1880, The Northampton Mercury, p.5, 28/03/1863; REFERRED TO BY GIGGINS 1995 P.31 (Newspaper cuttings). SNN112895.

<4> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection, (unchecked) (Archive). SNN115.

<5> 1878, The Archaeological Journal (35), p.417 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN15197.

<6> 1879, An Hour Among the Echoes of Northampton Castle, (unchecked) (Correspondence). SNN4373.

<7> Law E.F., 1879-80, The ruins at the old castle, Northampton, (unchecked) (Article). SNN4346.

<8> Law E.F., 1879-80, The ruins at the old castle, Northampton, p.199 (checked) (Article). SNN4346.

<9> Welsh T., 2009-2011, Northampton Castle, (checked) (Note). SNN107344.

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Feb 20 2026 10:05AM