New Bridge Street, cannon balls

HER Number

6599

District

Newcastle

Site Name

New Bridge Street, cannon balls

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

Three cannon balls each of 22 pounds were found in the wall in New Bridge Street in 1811. Does this mean the town wall?

Easting

425000

Northing

564400

Grid Reference

NZ425000564400

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, Vol VII (1897), p 99