27 Queen Street, metal ring
27 Queen Street, metal ring
HER Number
17554
District
Newcastle
Site Name
27 Queen Street, metal ring
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Street Furniture
Site Type: Specific
Tethering Post
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Metal ring set into the edge of the kerb in front of No. 27 Queen Street (in 2017 this is Ury Restaurant). There is a 'V' inscribed into the kerb to the right of the metal ring. Presumably the ring was for tethering horses during deliveries?
Easting
425300
Northing
563920
Grid Reference
NZ425300563920
Sources
Pers comm, Jon Welsh, AAG Archaeology, 8 November 2016