High Spen, coal workings

Tyne and Wear HER(11645): High Spen, coal workings - Details

HER Number:
11645

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 coal workings visible as earthworks on air photographs in 1959.

Easting:
1424

Northing:
6051

Grid Reference:
NZ14246051

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1443073; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/2685/F21 372 23-JAN-1959