St. Nicholas Square, architectural fragment
St. Nicholas Square, architectural fragment
HER Number
6647
District
Newcastle
Site Name
St. Nicholas Square, architectural fragment
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Carved Stone
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
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
425000
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ425000564000
Sources
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 1, I:19 (1856), p 154