Newcastle town wall, Hanover Street, skeleton
Newcastle town wall, Hanover Street, skeleton
HER Number
11515
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle town wall, Hanover Street, skeleton
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Burial
Site Type: Specific
Inhumation
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
When Hanover Street was built in the 1840s a Civil War breach was found in the town wall and some skeletons.
Easting
424850
Northing
563660
Grid Reference
NZ424850563660
Sources
Notes taken during lecture by John Nolan 4th October 2008 "The Civil Wars on Tyneside as revealed by archaeology" at the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Symposium 2008, The British Civil Wars in the North East;