Newcastle, St. Nicholas Square, architectural fragment

HER Number:
6647

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, St. Nicholas Square, architectural fragment

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26SE

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

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:
250

Northing:
640

Grid Reference:
NZ250640

Lats/Lons:

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