Newcastle, Town Moor, bell pits

HER Number:
11707

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, 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:

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:
2485

Northing:
6656

Grid Reference:
NZ24856656

Lats/Lons:

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