Newcastle, Low Friar Street

HER Number:
6505

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Low Friar Street

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13?

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Linked Westgate with Newgate Street.

Easting:
2445

Northing:
6404

Grid Reference:
NZ24456404

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
D. Lovie, 1997, The Buildings of Grainger Town; Jack and John Leslie, 2003, Down our streets - Newcastle's street names explored, p 21; Barbara Harbottle, 2009, The Medieval Archaeology of Newcastle in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 29; Graeme Young, 2006, Excavations carroed out at Newgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997-2000, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5th Series, Vol. 35 (2006), pp 49-82