Newcastle town wall, postern to the Forth

HER Number:
1525

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle town wall, postern to the Forth

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Town Defences

Site Type: Specific:
Town Wall

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Between Gunner-Tower and the next towards West-Gate is a postern conducting to the Firth, made, as appears by an inscription over the gateway, in 1705. Forth Lane was then given to the town by a Mr. Whitfield from his own property to provide access from Westgate. The gate is said to have been taken down in 1811.

Easting:
424520

Northing:
563950

Grid Reference:
NZ424520563950

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1525 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 10n E. Mackenzie, 1827, View of Newcastle, 109 G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 120-1 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 13