Newcastle, Town Moor, bell pit

HER Number:
5902

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 circular ring-bank of spoil, measuring 14 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high, encloses a 6 metres wide central depression 0.2 metres deep.

Easting:
2416

Northing:
6605

Grid Reference:
NZ24166605

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5902 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 25