Gateshead Fell, site of medieval battle

HER Number:
705

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead Fell, site of medieval battle

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE NZ25NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Battlefield

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C11

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The source for this reference is the following note by the 18th century antiquarian Brand: "In the year 1068, Northumberland was invaded, and the town now called Newcastle taken by Edgar Etheling, heir to the crown of England, together with Malcolm, King of Scotland, and some Danish pirates, whom William the Conqueror encountered in person, and overthrew on a heath adjoining to that place, and now called Gateshead Fell. Having recovered this place, King William is said to have laid it almost level with the ground, to prevent its becoming in future an asylum to his enemies".

Easting:
26011

Northing:
63467

Grid Reference:
NZ2601163467

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 705 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, II, 384