The Side, carved stone

HER Number

6593

District

Newcastle

Site Name

The Side, carved stone

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Carved Stone

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Stone carved with a thistle, and decorated window tracery were found when houses were being demolished at the Head of The Side. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne by the town surveyor in 1856.

Easting

424900

Northing

563900

Grid Reference

NZ424900563900

Sources

Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 2, Vol II (1886), x