Castle Leazes, mine shaft
Castle Leazes, mine shaft
HER Number
5932
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Castle Leazes, 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 roughly circular ring-bank 11 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high surrounding a central hollow. To the west of the mound is a ridge of material also overlying the ridge-and-furrow. This may be additional spoil from the mound.
Easting
423980
Northing
565110
Grid Reference
NZ423980565110
Sources
<< HER 5932 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 30