Nuns Moor, slit trenches

HER Number

11711

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Nuns Moor, slit trenches

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fieldwork

Site Type: Specific

Slit Trench

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

First World War 1914 to 1918

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A group of four trenches visible as very slight earthwork ditches and grass marks adjacent to the site of the POW camp (HER 5891). The trenches are zig-zag in pattern measuring up to 20m long and 0.7m wide. Two other trenches are visible on the southern part of Hunter's Moor - possibly practice trenches.

Easting

423400

Northing

565300

Grid Reference

NZ423400565300

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1029846; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5459 15-APR-1946; RCHME, 1995. Town Moor Survey