Castle Leazes, mine shaft

HER Number

5933

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Castle Leazes, 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 poorly defined circular mound about 10 metres in diameter and 0.2 metres high, probably overlying the ridge-and-furrow.

Easting

424050

Northing

565080

Grid Reference

NZ424050565080

Sources

<< HER 5933 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 30