The Corner Tower, Newcastle City Walls

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The Corner Tower, Newcastle City Walls by Mike Quinn as part of the Geograph project.

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The Corner Tower, Newcastle City Walls

Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 16 Dec 2014

The blue plaque says that here there were two turrets at right angles to each other, because in the early 14th C the wall was turned east to enclose the newly acquired suburb of Pandon.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.97124
Longitude
-1.606162