Newcastle, Queen Street, No. 27, metal ring

HER Number:
17554

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Queen Street, No. 27, metal ring

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Tethering Post

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Metal ring set into the edge of the kerb in front of No. 27 Queen Street (in 2017 this is Ury Restaurant). There is a 'V' inscribed into the kerb to the right of the metal ring. Presumably the ring was for tethering horses during deliveries?

Easting:
2530

Northing:
6392

Grid Reference:
NZ25306392

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Pers comm, Jon Welsh, AAG Archaeology, 8 November 2016