Tuthill Stairs

HER Number:
6570

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Tuthill Stairs

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Pedestrian Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Steps

General Period:
MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Linked The Close (HER 6569) with the upper part of the medieval town. Bourne refers to them as Tudhill-Stairs.. The proper name was Tout-hill, from the touting or winding of a horn when an enemy was at hand.

Easting:
424940

Northing:
563710

Grid Reference:
NZ424940563710

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
H. Bourne, 1736, History of Newcastle, p 127; B. Harbottle and P. Clack, 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne: Archaeology and Development, in D.W. Harding (ed), 1976, Archaeology in the North; Jack and John Leslie, 2001, Bygone West Quayside and the Chares