White Friars Tower, architectural fragment

HER Number

11954

District

Newcastle

Site Name

White Friars Tower, architectural fragment

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Capital

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

An octagonal capital with vertically faced abacus and roll neck. Dimensions 3 feet 1 inch across the top and 2 feet 7 inches beneath. Date of discovery before 1889. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by North East Railway Company. On display in Castle Keep.

Easting

424840

Northing

563660

Grid Reference

NZ424840563660

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 4, I, (1923-24) p. 131; Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XIII, p 349 plate 2 and p. 346