Town Moor, bell pit

HER Number

5906

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

Circular ring-bank, measuring 16.5 metres east-west and 13.5 metres transversely, attains a height of 0.55 metres and surrounds a central depression which is 0.4 metres deep.

Easting

424020

Northing

566120

Grid Reference

NZ424020566120

Sources

<< HER 5906 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 26