Ravensworth, Coach Road, adit

HER Number

13381

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ravensworth, Coach Road, adit

Place

Ravensworth

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mine Drainage and Ventilation Site

Site Type: Specific

Adit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

East of Coach Road, where the ground falls away steeply, is a stone-lined portal (the entrance to an adit) which is 2m below the road. The adit also appears to be of dry-stone construction and is thought to have served as an underground watercourse carrying away water which was raised from the mine workings by the water-powered pumps (see HER 1663).

Easting

423930

Northing

559390

Grid Reference

NZ423930559390

Sources

Department of National Heritage, 1997, Schedule Entry, Site of Ravensworth coalmill (National Monument No. 21662)