St. Nicholas Square, architectural fragment

HER Number:
6647

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
St. Nicholas Square, architectural fragment

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26SE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Findspot

Site Type: Specific:
Carved Stone

General Period:
MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A square cubical stone, carved with a thistle, and some decorated window tracery (possibly from the destroyed tower of St. Nicholas Church HER 1491) was found in the Castle Garth or in the vicinity of St Nicholas Cathedral, and presented to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1856.

Easting:
425000

Northing:
564000

Grid Reference:
NZ425000564000

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 1, I:19 (1856), p 154