Gosforth, Lane Pit

HER Number:
15461

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Lane Pit

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

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 a map of circa 1745.

Easting:
2602

Northing:
6832

Grid Reference:
NZ26026832

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 20/A9: Estate plan of Longbenton, property of Lord Carlisle, showing borings, pits, water levels, waggonways and line of the Great Dyke, 1745