Howdon, Percy Main Colliery, Flatworth Pit

HER Number:
1174

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Howdon, Percy Main Colliery, Flatworth Pit

Place:
Howdon

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:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
Flatworth coal pit. Percy Main Colliery, possibly associated with the nearby Colliery Offices (HER 2022) and Wagonway (HER 2024). There were two associated pits - Flatworth Pit and Percy Pit. Thomas Hair drew a picture of the colliery in 1844. Out of use by 1852.

Easting:
3271

Northing:
6791

Grid Reference:
NZ32716791

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1174 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; T. Hair, 1844, Views of the colleries in the counties of Northumberland and Durham; English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405728; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5148 04-APR-1946; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Narvik Way, Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment