Newcastle town wall, Pink Tower, Civil War finds
Newcastle town wall, Pink Tower, Civil War finds
HER Number
11517
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle town wall, Pink Tower, Civil War finds
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Fieldwork
Site Type: Specific
Siegework
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
T.M. Richardson cites an order of 1647 for the repair of the town wall, "especially a breach near a place called the Pink Tower, in length 55 yards, about 3 yards thick and six yards and a half high". One of his drawings apparently shows a pristine chamfered course of such length south-east of the tower that it is more likely that the site of the breach was in this stretch to the north- west, which was therefore a rebuild.
Easting
424480
Northing
563970
Grid Reference
NZ424480563970
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;
T.M. Richardson, 1880, Memorials of Old Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pl. xxxvii
T.M. Richardson, 1880, Memorials of Old Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pl. xxxvii