Newcastle, Castle Garth, gravestone

HER Number:
6673

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Garth, gravestone

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Grave Marker

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Grave marker reused as a Saxon grave cover. Originally a Roman milling stone. Found in 1981 during excavations at the Keep by Barbara Harbottle and M. Chard.

Easting:
250

Northing:
638

Grid Reference:
NZ250638

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Museum of Antiquities, 1981.22.1; Cramp and Miket (1982) nos 57, 58 and S.M. Youngs and J. Clark (eds), 1982, Medieval Britain in 1981, in Medieval Archaeol. XXVI, p 211.