Newcastle town wall, Pandon Burn culvert
Newcastle town wall, Pandon Burn culvert
HER Number
1559
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle town wall, Pandon Burn culvert
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
In the stretch of curtain between Corner Tower and Pandon Gate there "was a segmentally arched opening through the wall, allowing a passage for the Pandon stream, the opening of which was ten feet wide and eight feet six inches in depth from the springing of the arch...". This section of the town wall was demolished in 1881 for the making of City Road.
Easting
425370
Northing
564150
Grid Reference
NZ425370564150
Sources
<< HER 1559 >> G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 200 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 23
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 23