St. Anthony's Tar Works, Well

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