Dukes Moor, bell pit

HER Number

5912

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Dukes Moor, bell pit

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Bell Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

At the extreme northern end of Duke's Moor is a circular ring-bank 17.9 metres in diameter surrounding a central hollow measuring 7.8 metres in diameter, the surrounding bank reaches a height of 0.6 metres.

Easting

424500

Northing

567190

Grid Reference

NZ424500567190

Sources

<< HER 5912 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 26