This intriguing issue was discussed by Bob bTrett/b in Edition No. 11 (Summer 2007) of the Friends of the Newport Ship Newsletter and now gives rise to the following expansion of the subject: ?Did Newport have a Town Wall? ... The curtilage of the castle in those days probably extended farther westwards because in 1907, when the Savoy bHotel/b was being built on the corner of Station Approach, excavation exposed stonework of great antiquity which was presumed to be part of the ...