Newcastle, Grainger Market, cast of a crucifix and tombstone

HER Number:
6554

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Grainger Market, cast of a crucifix and tombstone

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Tomb

Site Type: Specific:
Tombstone

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
During Grainger's excavations in 1834, to create the new Grainger Market, the workmen found an ancient cast of a crucifix, the remains of a gilt spur, a farthing of William III and two other small coins. In March 1835 a fragent of blue marble tombstone was found, with a Lombardic inscription round the edge and an incised shaft of a cross in the centre. Presumably finds deriving from St Bartholomew's Nunnery and cemetery (HER 1431 and 1432).

Easting:
247

Northing:
642

Grid Reference:
NZ247642

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
MA Richardson, 1844, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, IV, p 200; Newcastle Courant, 21 March 1835, p 4 column 4.