Shiremoor, Macaroni Pit

HER Number:
15452

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Shiremoor, Macaroni Pit

Place:
Shiremoor

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on the Shiremoor Enclosure Map of 1790. 'Macaroni' is shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition of 1858.

Easting:
3154

Northing:
6953

Grid Reference:
NZ31546953

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Shiremoor Enclosure Map 1790