Newcastle town wall, curtain north-west of Pink Tower
Newcastle town wall, curtain north-west of Pink Tower
HER Number
1527
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle town wall, curtain north-west of Pink Tower
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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
The inner face of this stretch, 93 yards long and probably with one turret, is shown in Richardson’s drawing of the Pink Tower in 1826, probably to the wall walk but without the parapet. There is no extant view of the exterior. An order of 1647 calls for the repair of the town wall, "especially a breach near a place called the Pink Tower, in length 55 yards, about 3 yards thick and six yards and a half high".
Easting
424470
Northing
563990
Grid Reference
NZ424470563990
Sources
<< HER 1527 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 10
T.M. Richardson, 1880, Memorials of Old Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pl. xxxvii
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 123, 125 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 13
C.H.H. Blair, 1937, The Walls of Newcastle...illustrated...by George Bouchier Richardson, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 126, pls. xiv.1, xv.1
T.M. Richardson, 1880, Memorials of Old Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pl. xxxvii
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 123, 125 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 13
C.H.H. Blair, 1937, The Walls of Newcastle...illustrated...by George Bouchier Richardson, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 126, pls. xiv.1, xv.1