Scaffold Hill, Coal Pit

HER Number:
1158

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Scaffold Hill, Coal Pit

Place:
Scaffold Hill

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19?

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A Coal Pit, possibly associated with Green Lane (HER ref. 1159). Marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, so probably disused by 1858.

Easting:
3079

Northing:
6926

Grid Reference:
NZ30796926

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1158 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405610; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4177 27-FEB-1946