Marden, Monk-house, gallows

HER Number:
5857

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Marden, Monk-house, gallows

Place:
Marden

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Civil

Site Type: Broad:
Execution Site

Site Type: Specific:
Gallows

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
MacKenzie records that near to the Monk Stone (HER 102) at a farmstead called Monk-house, the prior of Tynemouth had a gallows. In 1320 the site of the pedestal of the cross and the gallows was called Rodestane and in 1757 Cross Close Pasture.

Easting:
3586

Northing:
7015

Grid Reference:
NZ35867015

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5857 >> E. MacKenzie, 1825, View of the County of Northumberland, Vol 1, pp 459-60 M. Snape, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, 88-90 Front Street, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, Archaeological Assessment, p 9