Gardener's Houses, bell pits

HER Number:
7753

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gardener's Houses, bell pits

Place:
Gardener's Houses

Map Sheet:
NZ27NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mineral Pit

Site Type: Specific:
Bell Pit

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
Small pits, up to 2 metres in diameter, appear north of Gardener’s Houses on aerial photographs from 1974 and 1980. They had disappeared by 1991 as a result of open-casting. It is reported that the pits were concentrated between grid ref. NZ 207 747 and NZ 207 749.

Easting:
207

Northing:
747

Grid Reference:
NZ207747

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Aerial Photographs: Newcastle upon Tyne City Council, August 1974, ref. 6 872/3. Newcastle upon Tyne City Council, 1980, ref. 29912333-7. The Archaeological Practice, 1996, Gardener’s Houses, Dinnington, Tyne & Wear: An Archaeological Assessment. Unpublished report for H J Banks & company Limited, p.9. (T&W HER 1996/13)