Town Moor, bell pit
Town Moor, bell pit
HER Number
5904
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Town Moor, bell pit
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
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
Earthwork
Description
A roughly circular ring-bank, surviving up to 0.4 metres high, surrounds a central depression, which is 0.2 metres deep. A drain cut alongside the path has damaged the mound and a drain extends south-west out of the centre of the depression into the valley of the stream.
Easting
424090
Northing
566070
Grid Reference
NZ424090566070
Sources
<< HER 5904 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 25