Town Moor, bell pit

HER Number

5911

District

Newcastle

Site Name

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

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A large ring-bank of spoil standing up to 0.9 metres high surrounds a hollow, measuring 5 metres by 3 metres across. Again the ridge-and-furrow seems to overlie the feature.

Easting

423910

Northing

566190

Grid Reference

NZ423910566190

Sources

<< HER 5911 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 26