Town Moor, bell pit

HER Number

5901

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Town Moor, bell pit

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Pit

Site Type: Specific

Bell Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A ring bank of spoil, measuring 16 metres by 17 metres, surrounds a central depression 4 metres across and 0.4 metres deep. It is cut by a drain on its south-west side.

Easting

424190

Northing

566050

Grid Reference

NZ424190566050

Sources

<< HER 5901 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 25