Newcastle, Little Moor, bell pit

HER Number:
5913

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Little 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 17.1 metres in diameter and 1 metres high surrounds a central hollow. The feature is damaged on the south side by what appears to be the ridge-and-furrow overlying it. This may be due to later drainage down the centre of the furrows rather than the ridge-and-furrow post-dating the feature.

Easting:
2459

Northing:
6723

Grid Reference:
NZ24596723

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5913 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 27