Newgate Street, inscribed stone

HER Number:
6613

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newgate Street, inscribed stone

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Findspot

Site Type: Specific:
Plaque

General Period:
UNCERTAIN

Specific Period:
Uncertain

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Inscribed stone, part of a mantel piece, taken out of an old house in Newgate adjoining the Empire theatre now demolished. 2 feet high x 16 inches wide. On it a shield divided into quarters, letters RM, AM and IM and the year (uncertain) in respective quarters. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne by Messrs Howe and Thornton, per Mr JS Robson.

Easting:
424500

Northing:
564300

Grid Reference:
NZ424500564300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 3, I (1905), p 105