Town Moor, bell pits

HER Number

11707

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Town Moor, bell pits

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Pit

Site Type: Specific

Bell Pit

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Bell pits of probable medieval date seen and mapped from air photographs. Part of a line which runs south from Little Moor and Dukes Moor.

Easting

424850

Northing

566560

Grid Reference

NZ424850566560

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1433744; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/12/14 5117 12-JAN-1946