Castle Garth, 2 stone coffins

HER Number

6537

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Castle Garth, 2 stone coffins

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Coffin

Site Type: Specific

Coffin

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

During an excavation in the neighbourhood of the castle, in around 1895, two stone coffins containing the bones of children were found. Could these be part of the Saxo-Norman cemetery?

Easting

425000

Northing

563800

Grid Reference

NZ425000563800

Sources

Newcastle Urban Record