Reconstruction illustration showing a woman pleading to an official or nobleman for her husband's release, with the Coleman Tower at Pickering Castle in the background, as the scene may have appeared in the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century

Date:: circa 1990 - circa 1993

Location:: Pickering Castle, Outer Ward, Pickering, Ryedale, North Yorkshire

Reference:: IC080/009

Type:: Reconstruction Artwork

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The Coleman Tower flanks what was originally the main entrance to the castle before the curtain wall and towers of the Outer Ward were added. Later it became the entrance to the Inner Ward, as is shown in this illustration. Within the Inner Ward is the New Hall, the top floor of which was used as a courtroom. The official appears to be gesturing towards the entrance, so perhaps this prisoner is being brought to trial.

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This is part of the Volume: IC080 Pickering Castle, North Yorkshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Reconstruction illustration showing a woman pleading to an official or nobleman for her husband's release, with the Coleman Tower at Pickering Castle in the background, as the scene may have appeared in the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century

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