Castle Leazes, Nissen hut platforms
Castle Leazes, Nissen hut platforms
HER Number
5893
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Castle Leazes, Nissen hut platforms
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Military Building
Site Type: Specific
Nissen Hut
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Cropmark
Description
A series of seven raised platforms dug parallel to one another along their long axis. They measure 20 metres x 7.7 metres with the ditches surrounding them measuring 1.8 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep. Two are subdivided along their long axis and have no ditch surrounding their shorter ends. There are another five raised platforms at NZ 2329 6484.
Easting
423840
Northing
564890
Grid Reference
NZ423840564890
Sources
<< HER 5893 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 41