Wall Knoll, human remains

HER Number

11971

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Wall Knoll, human remains

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Cemetery

Site Type: Specific

Cemetery

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

In 1881 on Wall Knoll (HER 6567) near the monastic buildings (HER 1425 and 1426) and the fine rich soil of the monastery garden, several human skeletons were found.

Easting

425400

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ425400564000

Sources

S. Holmes, 1896, The Walls of Newcastle-upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, pp. 1-25