West Chirton, mine shafts

Tyne and Wear HER(11761): West Chirton, mine shafts - Details

HER Number:
11761

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
West Chirton, mine shafts

Place:
West Chirton

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mine Drainage and Ventilation Site

Site Type: Specific:
Mine Shaft

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
A group of three mine shafts of probable Post Medieval or Modern date were seen as earthworks on air photographs of 1946.

Easting:
3216

Northing:
6903

Grid Reference:
NZ32166903

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405886; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4175 27-FEB-1946