Tyne and Wear HER(6647): St. Nicholas Square, architectural fragment - Details
6647
Newcastle
St. Nicholas Square, architectural fragment
Newcastle
NZ26SW NZ26SE
Monument
Findspot
Carved Stone
MEDIEVAL
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Find
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.
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 1, I:19 (1856), p 154