Newcastle, Town Moor, mine shaft

HER Number:
5924

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 large hollow, measuring 3.8 metres across and 0.5 metres high where it is cut into the hillside. There is a 0.4 metres high counterscarp on the north-east and noth-west sides. This shaft does not fit into an organised pattern - it is likely to be a one-off mine or test digging.

Easting:
2410

Northing:
6633

Grid Reference:
NZ24106633

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5924 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 28