High Spen, coal workings

HER Number:
11636

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
High Spen, coal workings

Place:
High Spen

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Post medieval area of coal working visible as earthworks on air photographs of 1947.

Easting:
1399

Northing:
6141

Grid Reference:
NZ13996141

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1442994; Aerial Photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 3218 04-OCT-1947