Close Gate, cannon ball

HER Number

6547

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Close 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 cast iron cannon ball was retrieved from the outer face of the town wall 40 feetnorth of the site of Close Gate in 1983. It weighed 13 lbs, and was 15.75 inches in circumference. It would fit a bore of 5 inches.

Easting

424870

Northing

563620

Grid Reference

NZ424870563620

Sources

Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 5, XIII (1985), p 216