Town Moor, bell pit
Town Moor, bell pit
HER Number
5909
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 ring-bank measuring 16 metres in diameter, surrounds an internal hollow which is 4.5 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres deep. Again it seems to be overlain by the ridge-and-furrow but this is probably later drainage.
Easting
423960
Northing
566160
Grid Reference
NZ423960566160
Sources
<< HER 5909 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 26