Carmelite Friary, architectural fragment

HER Number

11955

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Carmelite Friary, architectural fragment

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Capital

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Two octagonal capitals with vertically faced abaci and roll necks. 3 feet 1 inch across the top and 2 feet 7 inches beneath. Found before 1889. Now in grounds of the Hancock Museum.

Easting

424800

Northing

563700

Grid Reference

NZ424800563700

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 4, I, (1923-24) p. 130-1; Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XIII, p 349 plate 2 and p. 346e