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Newcastle


Newcastle, Quayside, stone ball


Newcastle


NZ26SE




Ball


Post Medieval



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Large stone ball 3 feet 6 inches in circumference was brought up from a depth of around 36 feet below low water spring tides, about 20 feet in front of the old quay wall and about 10 feet behind the present line of the quay front. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by W.G. Lawes, City Engineer, on 4 January 1890.


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NZ254638



Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, IV (1889), p 201; V (1892), p 184.

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