Newcastle town wall, curtain east of Pilgrim Street Gate

HER Number:
1550

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle town wall, curtain east of Pilgrim Street Gate

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26SE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Town Defences

Site Type: Specific:
Town Wall

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
A stretch of curtain wall 157 yards long connected Pilgrim Street Gate and Carliol Tower. On it there are said to have been three turrets. At street level is the 18th century foot passage through the wall on the east side of the gate. This piece of the curtain was demolished in 1811 for the making of New Bridge Street, and during its removal three 22lb cannon balls were discovered.

Easting:
2495

Northing:
6447

Grid Reference:
NZ24956447

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1550 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 16 and pl. G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 180 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 17