Pilgrim Street Gate, cannon ball

Pilgrim Street Gate, cannon ball

HER Number

6515

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Pilgrim Street Gate, cannon ball

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Cannon Ball

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

A 24 pounder cannon ball was found in the wall of Pilgrim Street Gate in 1802.

Easting

424950

Northing

564880

Grid Reference

NZ424950564880

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (2) VII (1897), p 99