Gallowgate, glass bottles

HER Number

6553

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Gallowgate, glass bottles

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Bottle

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Four 18th century glass bottles were found during excavations on the west side of Gallowgate near Corporation Road, by a Mr J.H. Little. One still contained some of the malt liquor they were originally filled with. Three of the bottles were 7.75 inches high and 5 inches wide at the base. The fourth was 9 inches high and 4 inches wide at the base.

Easting

424300

Northing

564400

Grid Reference

NZ424300564400

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, Vol X (1902), p 3.