Town Moor, mine shaft

HER Number

5922

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Town Moor, mine shaft

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Mine Shaft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A circular ring-bank, measuring in places up to 0.4 metres high, surrounds a well preserved central hollow 0.38 metres deep; it is damaged on the south-east side. This shaft does not fit into an organised pattern - it is likely to be a one-off mine or test digging.

Easting

424030

Northing

566340

Grid Reference

NZ424030566340

Sources

<< HER 5922 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 28