Newcastle, Town Moor, mine shaft

HER Number:
5922

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Town Moor, mine shaft

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mine Drainage and Ventilation Site

Site Type: Specific:
Mine Shaft

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
A circular ring-bank, measuring in places up to 0.4 metres high, surrounds a well preserved central hollow 0.38 metres deep; it is damaged on the south-east side. This shaft does not fit into an organised pattern - it is likely to be a one-off mine or test digging.

Easting:
2403

Northing:
6634

Grid Reference:
NZ24036634

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5922 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 28