Newcastle, Town Moor, bell pit

HER Number:
5909

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 16 metres in diameter, surrounds an internal hollow which is 4.5 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres deep. Again it seems to be overlain by the ridge-and-furrow but this is probably later drainage.

Easting:
2396

Northing:
6616

Grid Reference:
NZ23966616

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5909 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 26