The model by P.W. Dixon and D. Tylor is a representation of how Nottingham Castle might have looked on 1500s. The side of this model approximately is 4ft length and 3ft width. The reconstruction of Nottingham Castle is based in the underground History of Nottingham, part of the castle museum. The model is glazed and it is representation of the medieval castle. This reconstruction of the castle is made from different materials by the staff and students from University of Nottingham and it is now in the castle museum as part of an exhibition on the story of Nottingham.
When we were visiting the castle there were things that we can see on the model and also on the site. As we walked along the first thing that you could see is the gatehouse. On the model of Nottingham Castle the gate house looks much bigger than it is now. There is no evidence how high it was but you can compare the difference because of the model of the medieval castle. The gatehouse was built in 1252-1253. According to source C, if you look at the window on the gatehouse you can see the shape of it is like a cross, so the people can defend them selves and could fire out. The gatehouse was rebuild with the new stonework in 1909, but there is also a part of old stonework. In the model of the castle you can see there was a portcullis. But in the renovated part of gatehouse there isn’t a portcullis, but you can see where it was placed, so the model appears to the accurate and I know that castles in medieval times would have had a portcullis to stop enemies getting in.
