Newcastle, Wall Knoll, human remains

HER Number:
11971

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Wall Knoll, human remains

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Human Remains

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1881 on Wall Knoll (HER 6567) near the monastic buildings (HER 1425 and 1426) and the fine rich soil of the monastery garden, several human skeletons were found.

Easting:
254

Northing:
640

Grid Reference:
NZ254640

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
S. Holmes, 1896, The Walls of Newcastle-upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, pp. 1-25