Castle Garth, boars tusks

HER Number

6533

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Castle Garth, boars tusks

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Mammal Remains

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

During excavations in Castle Garth, for the railway extensions in around 1895, four boar's tusks were found.

Easting

250

Northing

639

Grid Reference

NZ250639

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, Vol VI (1895), p 92