Gallowgate, gate made of whale bones

HER Number:
15930

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gallowgate, gate made of whale bones

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Arch

Site Type: Specific:
Arch

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Whale bones used in construction at the pre World War Two builders yard at Gallowgate on the north-western side of St. Andrew's churchyard.

Easting:
424491

Northing:
564418

Grid Reference:
NZ424491564418

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Tony Barrow, 2001, The Whaling Trade of North-east England 1750-1850