Newcastle, St. Nicholas Square, medieval pottery, stone ball

HER Number:
6649

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, St. Nicholas Square, medieval pottery, stone ball

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26SE

Class:
Container

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Vessel

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C16

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Pottery fragments with a dull green glaze, characteristic of medieval period c.1500, a leather sole and a stone ball (6 inches in diameter) were found during excavations of a trench on the north side of the Queen Victoria statue, 4 feet below the roadway surface. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by the Post Office Engineering Department (per Mr H. Kitchen) in October 1925.

Easting:
2496

Northing:
6403

Grid Reference:
NZ24966403

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 4, I (1925), pp 9-10