Town Moor, mine shaft

HER Number

5924

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 large hollow, measuring 3.8 metres across and 0.5 metres high where it is cut into the hillside. There is a 0.4 metres high counterscarp on the north-east and noth-west sides. This shaft does not fit into an organised pattern - it is likely to be a one-off mine or test digging.

Easting

424100

Northing

566330

Grid Reference

NZ424100566330

Sources

<< HER 5924 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 28