Newcastle, White Friars Tower, architectural fragment

HER Number:
11954

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, White Friars Tower, architectural fragment

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Structural Component

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Capital

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
An octagonal capital with vertically faced abacus and roll neck. Dimensions 3 feet 1 inch across the top and 2 feet 7 inches beneath. Date of discovery before 1889. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by North East Railway Company. On display in Castle Keep.

Easting:
2484

Northing:
6366

Grid Reference:
NZ24846366

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 4, I, (1923-24) p. 131; Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XIII, p 349 plate 2 and p. 346