Westgate Road, clay bowl
Westgate Road, clay bowl
HER Number
6657
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westgate Road, clay bowl
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Clay Pipe (Smoking)
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Dr Bruce found a tiny clay bowl (tobacco pipe?) dug from a depth of 10 feet in 1854, at the back of the Assembly Rooms of Newcastle where, when a sewer under the Vicarage House was being laid. He was looking for the remains of Hadrian's Wall.
Easting
424300
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ424300564000
Sources
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 1, I:29, p 245 (1857)