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

Lats/Lons:

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Historical Division, III, 293 G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 171 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 16