Newcastle town wall, Sand Gate
Newcastle town wall, Sand Gate
HER Number
1564
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle town wall, Sand Gate
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
Sand Gate controlled access to the town's public quay from the east, and a spur wall (HER REF. 1565) ran from it south to the water. The gate consisted of a vaulted passage beneath two upper storeys. At the time of its demolition in 1798 to widen the thoroughfare "the summit of the tower was thickly grass grown".
Easting
425570
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ425570564000
Sources
<< HER 1564 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 18
M.A. Richardson, 1842, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, II, 165
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 215, 217 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, I, 390
Illustration, T.M. Richardson, 1880, Memorials of Old Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pl. xv
S. Holmes, 1896, The Walls of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 20
M.A. Richardson, 1842, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, II, 165
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 215, 217 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
J. Sykes, 1866, Local Records, I, 390
Illustration, T.M. Richardson, 1880, Memorials of Old Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pl. xv
S. Holmes, 1896, The Walls of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 20