Town Moor, bell pit

HER Number

5902

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 circular ring-bank of spoil, measuring 14 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high, encloses a 6 metres wide central depression 0.2 metres deep.

Easting

424160

Northing

566050

Grid Reference

NZ424160566050

Sources

<< HER 5902 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 25