St. Anthony's Tar Works, Well

HER Number:
4608

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
St. Anthony's Tar Works, Well

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

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:
Structure

Description:
A well found at St. Anthony's Tar Works, Walker was built in English garden wall bond brickwork with a stone capping stone and stone capping on the two side walls. The capping stone had the remains of iron railings at the front end. It measured 0.90 metres across the front, 1.07 metres deep and 2.3 metres high internally. A thick accretion of tar covered all the walls near water level.

Easting:
428923

Northing:
563080

Grid Reference:
NZ428923563080

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4608 >> Pers. Comm. B. Harbottle