Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. Foundation stonework and a brick-lined well were found in excavations in 1991.

During excavations in 1989, phase 6 recorded accumulated deposits against the town wall, sloping towards the river, covered by a thread spread of white mortar. The southern section was truncated by a structure of large masonry used to revet depoists to the north of it. To the south a large inlet or tidal dock had been created by removing a depth of over 1.25m of deposits. Associated finds were C18. This may be a barge house, referred to in the early C19. Phase 7, showed that in C19 the inlet was reduced in size by a timber revetment, which held back a thick sand and pebble layer. Post 1823. The barge house was demolished thereafter. Botanic remains showed that the site was not completely waterlogged although the lower levels were regularly inundated by the tide.

During excavations in 1989 outside the line of the town wall (HER 1510) a cobbled surface was recorded, possibly the formalisation of the riverbank. Mid C14 to early C15. The cobbled surface remained in-situ over a long period as it contained late C15 to early C17 pottery. Between late C15 and C17 a revetment wall was built, from which the masonry was robbed. A fragment of floor tile with impressed decoration was recovered. Only one other decorated tile has been found in Newcastle. Dated C15th.

During excavations at Byker Chare in 1986 around 3520 identifiable fish bones were recovered. 21 species of fish were identified, mostly from the gadoid (cod) family and herring - cod, haddock, whiting, saithe, 5-beared rockling, ling, hake. Whiting was most common. Other fish included thornback ray, eel, possibly conger eel, salmon or sea trout, smelt, angler, grey gurnard, tub gurnard, sea bream, sand eel, goby, butterfish, scad, plaice, flounder, halibut. Sandeels are now only used as bait but would have been an important food in the middle ages and feature extensively in the account rolls of the Abbey of Durham. Most of the other small fish (5-bearded rockling, butterfish and goby) were probably consumed by seabirds or other fish and their remains deposited as a result of gutting larger fish. Most of the small fish were found in a drain - may have washed in or thrown down the drain or stranded in there after high tide. The saithe were over 1m long - larger than the fish caught today. Deep water fishing and inshore fishing were practised at Newcastle. Articulated heads of a large saithe and a large cod were found without associated vertebrae, indicating that large fish were beheaded. Few fish bones had cut marks. Evidence of processing is slight. The remains could represent waste from fish markets (Stockbridge and Fishergate) and from fish landed on the Quayside in the C14. The occupants of Blackfriars ate a wide variety of fish including salmon and larger conger eels, which were uncommon in this Quayside assemblage. Perhaps these fish were highly valued and were transported whole to the purchaser. Marine molluscs were also recovered - oyster, mussel, edible periwinkle, whelk, cockle. Flat periwinkle and limpet may have been used as fish bait. Less common were dog whelk, rough periwinkle, small periwinkle, great scallop and banded venus. These may have been eaten or used as fish bait. There may have been an oyster breeding ground somewhere close (Rackham 1986). There were fragments of crab and barnacles. Mussel and periwinkle fragments had been dumped in a midden at the bottom of Byker Chare to form a street surface. Freshwater gastropods and bivalves were recovered. The sand (under one of the surfaces of Byker Chare) in which the freshwater snails were found is likely to have come from a river or other body of fresh water. The presence of estuarine and saltmarsh gastropod may indicate that the freshwater source was close to an area of brackish water, in the upper tidal reaches of an estuary, possibly the Pandon Burn. Dated C14th.

A few scraps of wood and leather offcuts were preserved in the waterlogged bastion ditch fill, which was excavated in 1989. Stray pieces of cobbler's waste including several fragments of narrow, square-toed shoe soles. One piece of wood had been worked.

During excavations at the town walls at Orchard Street in 1987 an ashy or charcoaly deposit containing pottery and bone was recorded on the west and east sides of the wall. It probably represents sporadic scattering or dumping of kitchen waste against the wall after the mid C14. The assemblage of animal bone included 2409 fragments. Cattle, sheep and goat formed the bulk of the assemblage. Wild fauna included fallow deer, hare and rabbit. 45 bird fragments were recovered including domestic fowl and goose (3 fragments had knife marks). Game birds included wood pigeon and wild mallard. Bantam and hen were represented. There were few birds aged less than 6 months suggesting that there was a dietary preference for mature birds or perhaps eggs. Like other Newcastle assemblages cattle declined in importance between C14 and C17 and sheep dominated. Some pig and horse in small numbers. A few fish bones - cod and two ling. Evidence for butchery was found on the domestic livestock. Cattle and sheep carcasses were reduced to manageable joints using cleavers and sharp knives. The cattle and sheep (prime joints) mostly derive from domestic waste rather than butchery. The carcasses may have already been prepared with the heads already removed (few cranial fragments). Phase 3.1 found evidence of butchery on a horse metatarsal and humerus fragment, which may indicate glue production. Small knife marks on several cat bones probably were the result of skinning to remove pelts. Dated C14-17th.

Excavations at Dog Bank in 1985 recorded firmly packed redeposited clay, with slabs set into it as probable steps to the riverside. This clay surface had been used for industrial processes. There were pits and firing areas, with a series of platforms built over it and a firing chamber interpreted as a pottery kiln, and dating to the C12. A wooden barrel had been set into a large pit with a stone lined channel leading from it. There was no evidence of buildings and no floor surfaces. A building was later built between Dog Bank, Fenwick's Entry and Broad Garth. Floors, a stone-lined platform, a cellar and a raised clay floor were recorded. The building could date to C13 or C14 to C17. Dated C12th.

Fish remains were recovered in abundance from the accumulation of material in Fenwick's Entry (Phase 5i of the Queen Street excavation of 1985). 21 species of fish were identified. These included freshwater fish - eel, salmon and smelt - which could have been caught in the estuary by trap, spear or hook and line. Sea fish - flounders, cod, saithe, ling, haddock, whiting, pollack, herring, turbot, plaice, dab and possibly lemon sole. Also gurnards, garfish, sand eel, horse mackerel or scad, thornback ray and wrasse. The majority of the cod were large (over 1m in length) a size rarely caught in the North Sea today. There was a thriving fishing industry in Newcastle during the medieval period which focused on marine fish, mainly cod family and herrings, with a lesser concentration of flatfish and estuary fish like eel and salmon. Herring were probably salted on the quayside. Stockbridge had a fish market near it during the time of Edward I {Brand 1789, 386-99}. The marine molluscs were maostly oysters and mussels. The edible periwinkle, cockle and whelk were also represented. There may have been an oyster breeding ground close-by. Other molluscs included flat periwinkle, dog whelk, sand gaper, little cockle and paper thracia. Barnacles and fragments of crab. Dated C14th.

Evidence of caulking (stopping up the seam of ships) was identified in 13 samples of cattle hair and 10 samples of sheep's wool, which resembled modern Shetland fleece, a common type in the middle ages. Three samples were black or brown fleece which would have had a lower value as a raw material for the textile trade. The changeover from wool to hair in English caulking occurred between C13 and C15. Large quantities of similar caulking material, C13-C14 in date, was recovered from excavations at Byker Chare in 1986. Dated C14th.

During excavations in 1985 fourteenth century buildings were recorded between Fenwick's Entry and Plummer Chare between Broad Garth (HER 10487) and Customs House Yard. Phase 5i - A stone building between Fenwick's Entry and Broad Garth retained its east and west walls and a cross wall at the north. There were stratified deposits within the building to a depth of 1.4m. Looks like a long narrow (5m) building fronting onto the Quayside. The pottery was C14 (archaeomagnetic date of 1370 +/- 25.. A sequence of floors, ovens and hearths were recorded separated by tipping episodes within the workshop building and accumulation of debris in the street outside. There was an accumulation of spent fuel. The ovens and hearths were not in use at the same time. Glass and metalworking were not carried out here as there were no finds. Phase 5i 2 showed collapse, levelling and the construction of another cross wall and a massive circular hearth. Pottery dated to c.1450. Phase 5i 3 - a double oven was archmagnetic dated to 1450 +/-. Phase 5i 4 - by the seventeenth century the three ovens had gone out of use and a stone floor had been laid down. The arched entrance to the building was blocked. Phase 5i 5 - tipping covered the ovens. The windows were blocked. An external staircase, possibly to a first floor entrance was built. Possibly early C17. Phase 5ii - the building was destroyed in the C17. Phase 6 - a new building was built on the foundations of the medieval building in the C17. It had a fireplace and a sandstone cobble floor. At the same time Fenwick's Entry and Broad Garth had a new stone surface (rubble capped with clay, stone and mortar). Broadgarth had a drain and waterpipe. Phase 7 - a C20 building was built on the same foundations with sandstone slabs brick walls and cement floor. When this was demolished rubble was tipped into the cellars. See the excavation report for information on the botanical remains, worked wood, leather and animal bones (cattle, sheep/goat, pig, cat, horse, roe deer, bird and fish). Dated C14th.