Whitley Bay, spoil heap

HER Number:
12543

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, spoil heap

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Spoil Heap

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
A series of post medieval spoil heaps are visible as earthworks on air photographs. The features are still extant on the latest 1988-1993 Ordnance Survey vertical photgraphy.

Easting:
3349

Northing:
7507

Grid Reference:
NZ33497507

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; Vertical aerial photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 2006 04-OCT-1947; NMR Monument No. 1465351; Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ3375 10-JUN-2015