111-117 Northumberland Street, flax pit

HER Number

7739

District

Newcastle

Site Name

111-117 Northumberland Street, flax pit

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Textile Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Retting Pit

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Part of a deep pit containing an abundance of flax fibres was excavated on this site in 1995 and tentatively interpreted as a pit used in the production of linen.

Easting

424840

Northing

564740

Grid Reference

NZ424840564740

Sources

The Archaeological Practice, 1995, 111-117 Northumberland Street: Archaeological Excavation October/November 1995. Unpublished report for The Littlewoods Organisation. (T&W HER 1995/35)