Answer August 2022
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The first two photos were the clues and, as you can see from their captions, they are of the junction of Circle Place and Gilesgate.
The object is a cast-iron glinter (or wheel-guard), which protects the corner of a building from vehicle wheels.
The remaining photos show other examples of glinters from the Hexham Galleries in our Photo Archive. No doubt there were lots of glinters around Hexham which have now been removed. If you know of, or have photos of, others please let us know (email webmaster@hexhamhistorian.org or use the Comments facility below).
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Thanks Susanne. You can see them on Street View here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9725709,-2.1089974,3a,75y,179.77h,54.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shLvla58HXgGCQESG4DEPXA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
There are 2 glinters, one each side of an entrance, on the south side of Cockshaw, opposite the 4 shallow steps that lead up to the ginnel that runs north from Cockshaw to near the bottom of Windmill Hill. (Parallel to and west of Kingsgate)