Newcastle, Castle Garth, Castle Keep well, coins and a jug

HER Number:
6532

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Garth, Castle Keep well, coins and a jug

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
When the well in the Castle Keep was being pumped out on 16 September 1920, many objects were retrieved including over 1200 coins, a large number of heavy stones, many dozens of bricks, many fine pieces of Jacobean carved oak, and major portions of a round bellied stone ware jug covered with brown glaze, 9 inches in height, a type known as "Greybeards" or Bellarmines.

Easting:
250

Northing:
638

Grid Reference:
NZ250638

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 3, Vol IX (1920), p 262.