Newcastle, Carmelite Friary, architectural fragment

HER Number:
11955

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Carmelite Friary, 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:
Two octagonal capitals with vertically faced abaci and roll necks. 3 feet 1 inch across the top and 2 feet 7 inches beneath. Found before 1889. Now in grounds of the Hancock Museum.

Easting:
248

Northing:
637

Grid Reference:
NZ248637

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 4, I, (1923-24) p. 130-1; Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XIII, p 349 plate 2 and p. 346e