Newcastle, Town Moor, bell pit

HER Number:
5900

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Town Moor, bell pit

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mineral Pit

Site Type: Specific:
Bell Pit

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
A ring bank, measuring 0.25 metres high, surrounds a central depression 0.15 metres deep. The spoil heap is badly damaged by three drains cut across it which have split it into several ridges.

Easting:
2421

Northing:
6603

Grid Reference:
NZ24216603

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5900 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 25