Moot Hall, Corinthian column fragment
Moot Hall, Corinthian column fragment
HER Number
1473
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Moot Hall, Corinthian column fragment
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Column
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In February 1810, during the "digging the foundation for the county courts", there were found a number of Roman artifacts including "a part of the shaft of a Corinthian pillar, richly fluted, and of excellent workmanship".
Easting
425110
Northing
563860
Grid Reference
NZ425110563860
Sources
<< HER 1473 >> J. Hodgson, 1812, Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 2, 304
J. Sykes, 1833, Local Records, Vol. II, pp. 51-52
J.C. Bruce, 1851, The Roman Wall, pp. 127-9
G.R. B. Spain, 1930, Newcastle upon Tyne Fort, Northumberland County History, XIII, 502
J. Sykes, 1833, Local Records, Vol. II, pp. 51-52
J.C. Bruce, 1851, The Roman Wall, pp. 127-9
G.R. B. Spain, 1930, Newcastle upon Tyne Fort, Northumberland County History, XIII, 502