Castle Garth, The Mount
Castle Garth, The Mount
HER Number
6544
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Castle Garth, The Mount
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Midden
Site Type: Specific
Midden
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
West of Parrot's Houses (HER 6543) part of the Garth served as a midden heap, known as the "motte or common dunghill" and later "The Mount". Premises enclosing it to the north and west came to be called "The Mount". Sanitary regulations appear to have been ignored. By 1746 The Mount was completely enclosed by buildings. To the south was a lane called "Bankside" or "Low Way".
Easting
425000
Northing
563800
Grid Reference
NZ425000563800
Sources
J. Nolan, 1990, The Castle of Newcastle upon Tyne after 1600, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 5, Vol XV.