Town Moor, bell pit
Town Moor, bell pit
HER Number
5908
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 14.5 metres in diameter with banks 0.4 metres high, surrounds a central depression which is 0.3 metres deep. At first investigation this feature looks as if the 3 metres rig, which runs east to west down the slope, extends over the top of it. It is likely that the furrows of the rig here have been re-dug as drains damaging the top of the spoil heap.
Easting
423970
Northing
566150
Grid Reference
NZ423970566150
Sources
<< HER 5908 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 26