Castle Garth, Castle Keep well, coins and a jug
Castle Garth, Castle Keep well, coins and a jug
HER Number
6532
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Castle Garth, Castle Keep well, coins and a jug
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
Site Type: Specific
Well
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
When the well in the Castle Keep was being pumped out on 16 September 1920, many objects were retrieved including over 1200 coins, a large number of heavy stones, many dozens of bricks, many fine pieces of Jacobean carved oak, and major portions of a round bellied stone ware jug covered with brown glaze, 9 inches in height, a type known as "Greybeards" or Bellarmines.
Easting
425000
Northing
563800
Grid Reference
NZ425000563800
Sources
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 3, Vol IX (1920), p 262.