Newcastle, Castle Leazes, mine shaft

HER Number:
5932

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Castle Leazes, 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 roughly circular ring-bank 11 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high surrounding a central hollow. To the west of the mound is a ridge of material also overlying the ridge-and-furrow. This may be additional spoil from the mound.

Easting:
2398

Northing:
6511

Grid Reference:
NZ23986511

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5932 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 30