Newcastle, Westgate Road, grave cover

HER Number:
6658

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road, grave cover

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific:
Grave Slab

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Fine floreated graver cover, discovered near the Stephenson Monument, on the site of the Chapel of the Virgin Mary (later grammar school) HER 1502. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by Tyrie and Graham, contractors, Redheugh, Gateshead.

Easting:
2473

Northing:
6394

Grid Reference:
NZ24736394

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, IV (1890), pp 284, 286-287