Newcastle, The Close, Mansion House Yard

HER Number:
10443

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, The Close, Mansion House Yard

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Unassigned

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Yard

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Between 2018-2019 an archaeological evaluation identified the truncated sandstone remains of 19th-20th century warehouses and subsequent ancillary structures. Deposits showed extensive landscape remodelling. And a single sherd of medieval pottery was found in a previous borehole core.

Easting:
2499

Northing:
6369

Grid Reference:
NZ24996369

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Cockcroft, D and Nicholson, M 2019, Archaeological Evaluation at Riverview Melia Hotel, The Close, Newcastle upon Tyne