Newcastle town wall, Morden Tower, cannon ball

HER Number

6634

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newcastle town wall, Morden Tower, cannon ball

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Cannon Ball

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

An iron cannon ball 17.75 inches in diameter. Found in 1707 during repairs of Morden Tower. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by Plumbers, Glaziers and Pewterers Company of Newcastle. Mackenzie describes it as a "gilded ball…probably shot from the cannon of the Scottish army during the great seige of the town in 1644 and having lodged in the wall". The ball no longer bears any sign of gilding.

Easting

424390

Northing

564280

Grid Reference

NZ424390564280

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, VI (1895), p 99