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

Lats/Lons:

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