What is recorded here

Half a kilometre from the swinging bridge, a broken length of medieval wall still stands where Newcastle kept strangers out. The Sallyport, also called Wall Knoll Tower, was both gate and watchtower inside the thirteenth and fourteenth century defence line. Its stones speak of a prosperous town proud enough to build high and afraid enough to build thick. What the port controlled, who was refused entry, and what they saw approaching across the Tyne have all gone quiet, leaving only the shape of the guard chamber to hint at the danger it was built to answer.

The National Heritage List for England records Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Newcastle upon Tyne town defences, including the Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower, were built in the 13th and 14th centuries, primarily under the authority of the Crown and the town's burgesses, to protect the growing medieval town. The defences are important as a well-preserved example of medieval urban fortification and as a key element in the historical development of Newcastle as a significant northern English town.

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