Tuthill Stairs
Tuthill Stairs
HER Number
6570
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Tuthill Stairs
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Pedestrian Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Steps
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Linked The Close (HER 6569) with the upper part of the medieval town. Bourne refers to them as Tudhill-Stairs.. The proper name was Tout-hill, from the touting or winding of a horn when an enemy was at hand.
Easting
424940
Northing
563710
Grid Reference
NZ424940563710
Sources
H. Bourne, 1736, History of Newcastle, p 127; B. Harbottle and P. Clack, 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne: Archaeology and Development, in D.W. Harding (ed), 1976, Archaeology in the North; Jack and John Leslie, 2001, Bygone West Quayside and the Chares