Bucks Nook, bell pit

HER Number

11635

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Bucks Nook, bell pit

Place

Buck's Nook

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Pit

Site Type: Specific

Bell Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Post medieval bell pit visible as an earthwork on air photography of 1959.

Easting

1162

Northing

6096

Grid Reference

NZ11626096

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1443012; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/2685/F21 375 23-JAN-1959