Newcastle, Castle Garth, south postern tower and curtain wall

HER Number:
8885

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Garth, south postern tower and curtain wall

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Wall

Site Type: Specific:
Curtain Wall

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12-C13

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Castle curtain wall and south postern. 1168-78 and C13. Coursed squared sandstone. 2-coursed head to high arched recess containing relieving arch above round-headed arch; barrel-vaulted passage through wall. High wall extends to left and returns to the north. Wall to right of postern has blocked high arch. Addition at rear on higher level: late Cl9 by Crozier in classical style; built as part of alterat- ions to Moot Hall (q.v.). Sources: Barbara Harbottle 'The Castle of Newcastle upon Tyne; Excavations 1973-1979' Chateau Gaillard IX-X; 'Excavations at the South Curtain Wall of the Castle, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1960-61' Archaeologia Aeliana 4 XLIV (1966), 79-145. LISTED GRADE 1 AND SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT

Easting:
2508

Northing:
6383

Grid Reference:
NZ25086383

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/147; Barbara Harbottle 'The Castle of Newcastle upon Tyne; Excavations 1973-1979' Chateau Gaillard IX-X; Excavations at the South Curtain Wall of the Castle, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1960-61' Archaeologia Aeliana 4 XLIV (1966), 79-145; RA Brown, HM Colvin, AJ Taylor, 1963, The History of the King's Works II, pp 746-8; WH Knowles, The Castle, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol II, plate II; CP Graves and DH Heslop, 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne - The Eye of the North, An Archaeological Assessment, pp 104-105; Ben Reeves, York Archaeological Trust, 2008, Newcastle Crown Court, Moot Hall, Newcastle - watching brief and evaluation report;