Newcastle, Town Moor, mine shaft

HER Number:
5925

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 badly damaged ring-bank which is bisected by a pathway. There is a central hollow measuring 0.2 metres deep with a counterscarp bank 0.6 metres high on the west. This shaft does not fit into an organised pattern - it is likely to be a one-off mine or test digging.

Easting:
2410

Northing:
6630

Grid Reference:
NZ24106630

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5925 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 29