Newcastle, Moot Hall, Corinthian column fragment

HER Number:
1473

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Moot Hall, Corinthian column fragment

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Element

Site Type: Specific:
Column

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In February 1810, during the "digging the foundation for the county courts", there were found a number of Roman artifacts including "a part of the shaft of a Corinthian pillar, richly fluted, and of excellent workmanship".

Easting:
2511

Northing:
6386

Grid Reference:
NZ25116386

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1473 >> J. Hodgson, 1812, Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 2, 304 J. Sykes, 1833, Local Records, Vol. II, pp. 51-52 J.C. Bruce, 1851, The Roman Wall, pp. 127-9 G.R. B. Spain, 1930, Newcastle upon Tyne Fort, Northumberland County History, XIII, 502