Newcastle, Castle Garth, The Mount

HER Number:
6544

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Garth, The Mount

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Midden

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
West of Parrot's Houses (HER 6543) part of the Garth served as a midden heap, known as the "motte or common dunghill" and later "The Mount". Premises enclosing it to the north and west came to be called "The Mount". Sanitary regulations appear to have been ignored. By 1746 The Mount was completely enclosed by buildings. To the south was a lane called "Bankside" or "Low Way".

Easting:
250

Northing:
638

Grid Reference:
NZ250638

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
J. Nolan, 1990, The Castle of Newcastle upon Tyne after 1600, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 5, Vol XV.