Jarrow, well

HER Number:
982

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, well

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific:
Well

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
There is a covered well in the cloister at St. Paul's, Jarrow. The Ordnance Survey archaeological record card reads as follows: "A circular well with a square top, 1.3 metres square, which protrudes 0.5 metres above ground level. The present depth of the well is 4.5.metres. The well is covered with a permanent square stone top... Its exact date is not known...". It may be Medieval of post-Medieval.

Easting:
3388

Northing:
6520

Grid Reference:
NZ33886520

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 982 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Well (possibly Medieval)