Moor Edge Farm, well

HER Number

7920

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Moor Edge Farm, well

Place

Backworth

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Well

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1850. Recorded during an archaeological evaluation in 2005. Lined with angular yellow sandstone blocks, the inner faces dressed. 1.75m in diameter.

Easting

431230

Northing

571630

Grid Reference

NZ431230571630

Sources

Tyne and Wear Museums, 2000, Moor Edge Farm, Archaeological Assessment; Timescape Surveys, 2004, Geophysical Survey at Moor Edge Farm, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2005, Moor Edge Farm, Archaeological Evaluation