Richmond Place, circular stone
Richmond Place, circular stone
HER Number
11968
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Richmond Place, circular stone
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Millstone
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In a trench excavated by the North of England Excavation Committee in 1928 on the projected line of Hadrian's Wall a large flat circular stone was recorded at a depth of 9 feet. The stone was 4 feet in diameter and was shaped like a mill stone with a central hole 6 inches in diameter. It was surrounded by a circle of wooden piles. NEEC thought it was post-Roman.
Easting
425800
Northing
564420
Grid Reference
NZ425800564420
Sources
Spain, G.R.B., 1929, 'Second Report of the North of England Excavation Committee: 1926-28: The Line of the Roman Wall through Newcastle', 6-10; PROC. SOC. ANTIQ. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (4) III (1927-28), 243-4.