Town Moor, bell pit

HER Number

5900

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, measuring 0.25 metres high, surrounds a central depression 0.15 metres deep. The spoil heap is badly damaged by three drains cut across it which have split it into several ridges.

Easting

424210

Northing

566030

Grid Reference

NZ424210566030

Sources

<< HER 5900 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 25