Newcastle, Town Moor, bell pit

HER Number:
5901

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 of spoil, measuring 16 metres by 17 metres, surrounds a central depression 4 metres across and 0.4 metres deep. It is cut by a drain on its south-west side.

Easting:
2419

Northing:
6605

Grid Reference:
NZ24196605

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5901 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 25