Benton Square, Coal Shaft

HER Number:
1116

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Benton Square, Coal Shaft

Place:
Benton Square

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Coal shaft, east of Benton Square. Probably dates to before 1858.

Easting:
2982

Northing:
6985

Grid Reference:
NZ29826985

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1116 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment