Thornton Street, four iron cannon balls
Thornton Street, four iron cannon balls
HER Number
6636
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Thornton Street, four iron cannon balls
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Cannon Ball
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Elizabethan 1558 to 1603
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Four iron cannon balls found whilst excavating for foundations of new premises on Thornton Street in 1883. one was 10 inches in diameter, the others 8 7/8 inches, 6 inches and 6 inches. Near the spot they found a shilling of the Elizabethan period and a well, paved road and timber water pipes 10 feet in length. The cannon balls were donated to the Society of Antiquaries by the Co-op Wholesale Soc. Ltd.
Easting
424400
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ424400564000
Sources
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, V (1892), p 10