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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Andrew's Church (Gallowgate)Country: England County: Tyne and Wear Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Newcastle upon Tyne
Map Ref: NZ2453564409
Latitude: 54.973696N Longitude: 1.618245W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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hallsifer visited on 1st Dec 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Lovely carved rock but very hard to find, need to have a good look in the floor for it.
Tradition has it that this church was founded by King David of Scotland in the 12th century, possibly on the foundations of an earlier building. The church certainly pre-dates the 14th century town walls which form part of the boundary of the churchyard, so is "substantially the earliest of the three old parish churches of Newcastle".
The church is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 25169, which tells us that the church has "(a) 12th century chancel arch and lower part of tower and arcades; 13th century chancel and upper part of tower, and north transept; 14th century north chapel. Early 14th century south-west porch refronted 1726. 19th century restorations and addition of south transept". The Archaeological Assessment by Peter Ryder, Historic Buildings Consultant, can be downloaded from the Diocese of Newcastle website: St Andrew's, Newcastle.
In 2002, Peter Ryder recorded a number of incised cross slab grave covers built into the fabric of the church, mainly dated to the 11th, 12th or 13th century. Of the 28 he originally listed, many are either lost or now in the Great North Museum (originally the Museum of Antiquities). Five of these originally listed remain built into the church; in 2018, a further two slabs were recorded.
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