Jarrow, well
Jarrow, well
HER Number
982
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Jarrow, well
Place
Jarrow
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
Site Type: Specific
Well
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
There is a covered well in the cloister at St. Paul's, Jarrow. The Ordnance Survey archaeological record card reads as follows: "A circular well with a square top, 1.3 metres square, which protrudes 0.5 metres above ground level. The present depth of the well is 4.5.metres. The well is covered with a permanent square stone top... Its exact date is not known...". It may be Medieval of post-Medieval.
Easting
433880
Northing
565200
Grid Reference
NZ433880565200
Sources
<< HER 982 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Well (possibly Medieval)