Gardener's Houses, bell pits
Gardener's Houses, bell pits
HER Number
7752
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Gardener's Houses, bell pits
Place
Gardener's Houses
Map Sheet
NZ27NW
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
Cropmark
Description
A large number of small pits, up to 2 metres in diameter, appear south of Gardener’s Houses on aerial photographs from 1974 and 1980. They had disappeared by 1991 as a result of open-casting. It is reported that the pits were concentrated on a NNE-SSW line between grid ref. NZ 207 740 and NZ 207 743.
Easting
420700
Northing
574300
Grid Reference
NZ420700574300
Sources
Aerial Photographs:
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council, August 1974, ref. 6 872/3.
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council, 1980, ref. 29912333-7.
The Archaeological Practice, 1996, Gardener’s Houses, Dinnington, Tyne & Wear: An Archaeological Assessment. Unpublished report for H J Banks & company Limited, p.9. (T&W HER 1996/13)
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council, August 1974, ref. 6 872/3.
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council, 1980, ref. 29912333-7.
The Archaeological Practice, 1996, Gardener’s Houses, Dinnington, Tyne & Wear: An Archaeological Assessment. Unpublished report for H J Banks & company Limited, p.9. (T&W HER 1996/13)