Newcastle town wall, Stank Tower
Newcastle town wall, Stank Tower
HER Number
1521
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle town wall, Stank Tower
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Town Defences
Site Type: Specific
Town Wall
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
This tower is thought to have resembled the other bastions on the western fortifications, i.e. semi-circular in plan, single storey in height. In 1827 Mackenzie noted that "the upper part of this tower is demolished. There is a passage through it to a dwelling-house, and another into a garden". The semi-circular part was later flushed off to the curtain, and just one rib of the vault and the stairs remained when it was finally removed in 1847 for Neville Street.
Easting
424630
Northing
563900
Grid Reference
NZ424630563900
Sources
<< HER 1521 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 10
E. Mackenzie, 1827, View of Newcastle, 108
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 111 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 12
C.H.H. Blair, 1937, The Walls of Newcastle...illustrated...by George Bouchier Richardson, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 126, pl. xiv.1
E. Mackenzie, 1827, View of Newcastle, 108
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 111 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 12
C.H.H. Blair, 1937, The Walls of Newcastle...illustrated...by George Bouchier Richardson, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 126, pl. xiv.1