Newcastle town wall, curtain west of Stank Tower
Newcastle town wall, curtain west of Stank Tower
HER Number
1522
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle town wall, curtain west of Stank Tower
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Town Defences
Site Type: Specific
Town Wall
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
There are said to have been two turrets on this stretch of curtain between Stank Tower and Gunner Tower. It was presumably cleared away in c. 1847 (the same time as Stank Tower) for the making of Neville Street.
Easting
424630
Northing
563900
Grid Reference
NZ424630563900
Sources
<< HER 1522 >> R. Welford, 1887, The Walls of Newcastle in 1638, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XII, 230
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 13
Llustration, C.H.H. Blair, 1937, The Walls of Newcastle...illustrated...by George Bouchier Richardson, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, pl. xiv.1
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 13
Llustration, C.H.H. Blair, 1937, The Walls of Newcastle...illustrated...by George Bouchier Richardson, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, pl. xiv.1