Newcastle, Dukes Moor, bell pit

HER Number:
5912

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Dukes 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:
At the extreme northern end of Duke's Moor is a circular ring-bank 17.9 metres in diameter surrounding a central hollow measuring 7.8 metres in diameter, the surrounding bank reaches a height of 0.6 metres.

Easting:
2450

Northing:
6719

Grid Reference:
NZ24506719

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5912 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 26