Quayside, stone ball

HER Number

6624

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Quayside, stone ball

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Ball

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Large stone ball 3 feet 6 inches in circumference was brought up from a depth of around 36 feet below low water spring tides, about 20 feet in front of the old quay wall and about 10 feet behind the present line of the quay front. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries by W.G. Lawes, City Engineer, on 4 January 1890.

Easting

425400

Northing

563800

Grid Reference

NZ425400563800

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, IV (1889), p 201; V (1892), p 184.