Report: Newcastle
September 2009 | Northern Counties Archaeological Services
A report on important excavations at the castle, Newcastle upon Tyne are currently in preparation by Northern Counties Archaeological Services. Patrick Ottaway is reporting on the late Anglo-Saxon and medieval ironwork. It includes a number of quarrels, the heads of projectiles fired by a crossbow, associated with the early years of the Norman castle which are therefore one of the earliest pieces of archaeological evidence for the use of this weapon from England. There are also two locks from chests reused as coffins in the Anglo-Saxon cemetery on the site. A range of other domestic items, structural fittings and horse equipment completes the assemblage.
Medieval iron padlock from the castle, Newcastle upon Tyne