Bailey Gate

HER Number:
13529

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Bailey Gate

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Castle

Site Type: Specific:
Castle

General Period:
MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence:
Implied Evidence

Description:
The original entrance into the 1080 castle by Robert Curthose was perhaps on the site of the Bailey Gate near the south-west corner of the 12th century keep and was approached by the street called Bailiffgate. Appears to have been the earliest of the principle entrances to the Castle.

Easting:
424900

Northing:
563800

Grid Reference:
NZ424900563800

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Barbara Harbottle, 2009, The Medieval Archaeology of Newcastle, in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 23; WHD Longstaffe, 1860, The New Castle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 2, plate opp p 98; CP Graves and DH Heslop, 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne - The Eye of the North, An Archaeological Assessment, p 105, 109; B Harbottle, 1974, Excavation and survey in Newcastle upon Tyne 1972-1973, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 5, Vol 2, p 59; J Brand, 1789, The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne, Vol 1, p 160