Little Moor, bell pit

HER Number

5913

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Little 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 17.1 metres in diameter and 1 metres high surrounds a central hollow. The feature is damaged on the south side by what appears to be the ridge-and-furrow overlying it. This may be due to later drainage down the centre of the furrows rather than the ridge-and-furrow post-dating the feature.

Easting

424590

Northing

567230

Grid Reference

NZ424590567230

Sources

<< HER 5913 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 27