Town Moor, bell pit

HER Number

5910

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 low ring-bank of spoil, measuring up to 0.5 metres high on its south-east side, surrounds a central hollow 0.3 metres deep. The feature is cut through by a ditch on the south-east side and again seems to be overlain by the ridge and furrow.

Easting

423940

Northing

566180

Grid Reference

NZ423940566180

Sources

<< HER 5910 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 26