Tyne and Wear HER(11956): Newcastle, town wall, West Spital Tower, parapet figure - Details
11956
Newcastle
Newcastle, town wall, West Spital Tower, parapet figure
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Sculpture
Statue
Medieval
C14
Find
A mutilated example of a parapet figure from the town walls found reused in the town walls at [West] Spital during the demolition for the subsequent building of the railway. Used as a common walling stone in the fortifications. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by Mr. MaKay, contractor for Central Railway Station on 1st August 1848.
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6385
NZ24726385
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 4, V, 1931-2, pp. 253-4; Archaeologia Aeliana, 1, IV, 1855, part 2, pp. 11-12; Museum of Antiquities 1848.5