Newcastle, Westgate Road, Hospital of St. Mary, gravestone 5

HER Number:
6728

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road, Hospital of St. Mary, gravestone 5

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific:
Gravestone

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13-C14

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Westgate Road, Hospital of St. Mary the Virgin, gravestone 5 Intact incised slab. Elegant cross-head with naturalistic leaves as terminals and inturned between arms. Stepped base looks to have been recut and an emblem (pastoral staff?) left of the shafty has largely been tooled away; indications of reuse. Discovered September 1890. Late 13th century

Easting:
247

Northing:
639

Grid Reference:
NZ247639

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Museum of Antiquities, 1987.1.3A; C.C. Hodges, Notebook (from the Keep); Grave Slab Survey File