Tyne Bridge, blue stone

HER Number

6670

District

Gateshead and Newcastle

Site Name

Tyne Bridge, blue stone

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Boundary

Site Type: Specific

Boundary Stone

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Blue stone which marked the boundary between the town of Newcastle and the Palatinate of the Bishop of Durham on the Tyne Bridge (on pier between arches 6 and 7 from the north).

Easting

425200

Northing

563700

Grid Reference

NZ425200563700

Sources

B. Harbottle, 1978, additional information file HER 288-348