Monk-house, gallows
Monk-house, gallows
HER Number
5857
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Monk-house, gallows
Place
Marden
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Legal Site
Site Type: Specific
Gallows
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
MacKenzie records that near to the Monk Stone (HER 102) at a farmstead called Monk-house, the prior of Tynemouth had a gallows. In 1320 the site of the pedestal of the cross and the gallows was called Rodestane and in 1757 Cross Close Pasture.
Easting
435860
Northing
570150
Grid Reference
NZ435860570150
Sources
<< HER 5857 >> E. MacKenzie, 1825, View of the County of Northumberland, Vol 1, pp 459-60
M. Snape, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, 88-90 Front Street, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, Archaeological Assessment, p 9
M. Snape, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, 88-90 Front Street, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, Archaeological Assessment, p 9