Newcastle, Carliol Tower, cannonballs and human remains

HER Number:
6531

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Carliol Tower, cannonballs and human remains

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Armour and Weapons

Site Type: Broad:
Weapon

Site Type: Specific:
Cannon Ball

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1823 whilst the tower was being altered by the Weaver's Company, workmen were clearing away the accumulated earth over the ditch outside the tower. They apparently found several skeletons huddled together and in the skull of one of them was a cannon ball. A 24 pound cannon ball was also found lodged 2.5 footdeep in the wall. Caution - the report is second hand with no source given, but the circumstantial evidence implies Civil War victims.

Easting:
2507

Northing:
6452

Grid Reference:
NZ25076452

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
S. Holmes, 1896, The Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 2, Vol XVIII, pp 1-25.