Insert detail reconstruction illustration showing a cut-away view of part of Ashton's Tower at Portchester Castle, showing fourteenth century gunners operating a hand-held gun at a keyhole-shaped gun-loop built into the wall of the firing gallery

Date:
1990
Location:
Portchester Castle, Ashton's Tower, Castle Street, Portchester, Fareham, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 9QW
Reference:
IC081/001
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The firing galleries in Ashton's Tower are on two levels and cover three sides of the square tower and possibly also the west side. This means that the firing galleries at Portchester could be the earliest known example of all-round gunfire positions in England. Ashton's Tower was named after Sir Robert Ashton, who was constable of Portchester Castle between 1376 and 1381.

It appears that this illustration was intended to act as a 'zoom in' detail alongside reconstruction illustration IC081/002.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC081 Portchester Castle, Hampshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dunn, Peter

Keywords

Gun Port, Medieval Tower, Medieval Castle