Tyne and Wear HER(11515): Newcastle town wall, Hanover Street, skeleton - Details
11515
Newcastle
Newcastle town wall, Hanover Street, skeleton
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Burial
Inhumation
Post Medieval
C17
Documentary Evidence
When Hanover Street was built in the 1840s a Civil War breach was found in the town wall and some skeletons.
2485
6366
NZ24856366
Notes taken during lecture by John Nolan 4th October 2008 "The Civil Wars on Tyneside as revealed by archaeology" at the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Symposium 2008, The British Civil Wars in the North East;