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The most likely possibilities behind the name ‘Green Batt’ include
a) Agricultural land divisions and cultivated holdings. The term ’butt’ is commonly so used in Alnwick and surroundings areas e.g. the modern ‘Butts’ in Warkworth, just beyond the end of the mediaeval burgage plots. The term ’Green Butts’ is used throughout England for field names/ later farm names, accompanied by neighbouring ‘butts’.
b) A green border of the mediaeval town with the ‘Green Batt’ running along the southern boundary of the burgage plots and parallel to the later construction of the town wall along this line from the Bondgate to Clayport Towers.
c) Archery practice range. Tate states that both the ‘Arrowbutts’ and the ‘Green Butts ‘were used for archery practice. Whether that was based on evidence (Arrowbutts being the more persuasive), or from the assumption that butts were often used for archery, is not so clear. It is not apparent where on the west or south of the wall, that the archery butts could be safely situated. However, it should be kept in mind that the ‘Green Batt’ may have applied to a much larger area to the south (and southwest) of Alnwick than is currently indicated by the present Green Batt street
and Green Batt House.