Tyne and Wear HER(5076): Newcastle, The Close, Closegate Bottle Works - Details
5076
Newcastle
Newcastle, The Close, Closegate Bottle Works
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Industrial
Glassmaking Site
Bottle Works
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Glass waste including cyclinder edge pieces, offcuts from quarry cutting, glaziers waste was found west of the town wall during excavations at Close Gate in 1989.
2483
6355
NZ24836355
<< HER 5076 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850; Fraser, R., Maxwell, R. & Vaughan, J.E., forth. 'Excavation adjacent to Close Gate, Newcastle, 1988-89', (page proofs).