Town Moor, mine shaft

HER Number

5925

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Town Moor, mine shaft

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Mine Shaft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A badly damaged ring-bank which is bisected by a pathway. There is a central hollow measuring 0.2 metres deep with a counterscarp bank 0.6 metres high on the west. This shaft does not fit into an organised pattern - it is likely to be a one-off mine or test digging.

Easting

424100

Northing

566300

Grid Reference

NZ424100566300

Sources

<< HER 5925 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 29