Newcastle, Castle Leazes, Nissen hut platforms

HER Number:
5893

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Leazes, Nissen hut platforms

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Military Building

Site Type: Specific:
Nissen Hut

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
A series of seven raised platforms dug parallel to one another along their long axis. They measure 20 metres x 7.7 metres with the ditches surrounding them measuring 1.8 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep. Two are subdivided along their long axis and have no ditch surrounding their shorter ends. There are another five raised platforms at NZ 2329 6484.

Easting:
2384

Northing:
6489

Grid Reference:
NZ23846489

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5893 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 41