Newcastle town wall, Bertram Momboucher Tower
Newcastle town wall, Bertram Momboucher Tower
HER Number
1545
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle town wall, Bertram Momboucher 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
It is presumed that this tower was of the same pattern as the towers west of it on the circuit, but there is no published description. It was used as a military prison before its demolition in 1824 for the construction of Blackett Street. Its site is beneath the buildings on the south side of the street.
Easting
424700
Northing
564430
Grid Reference
NZ424700564430
Sources
<< HER 1545 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 15
Illustration, M.A. Richardson, 1843, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, III, 293
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 171 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 16
Illustration, M.A. Richardson, 1843, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, III, 293
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 171 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 16