Newcastle town wall, curtain east of Ficket Tower

HER Number:
1548

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle town wall, curtain east of Ficket Tower

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Town Defences

Site Type: Specific:
Town Wall

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
The curtain wall between Ficket Tower and Pilgrim Street Gate is said to have been 137 yards in length. In the late 18th century it was pierced by a "foot-passage" close to the Gate to improve communication with Northumberland Street. This stretch of wall was finally demolished in 1824 to make way for Blackett Street, and its line is actually under the street.

Easting:
2484

Northing:
6443

Grid Reference:
NZ24846443

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1548 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 15-16 S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 16-17 Illustration T.M. Richardson, 1880, Memorials of Old Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pl. xxx