Benton, Swallow Pit (or Swally Pit)

HER Number:
15463

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Benton, Swallow Pit (or Swally Pit)

Place:
Benton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on a map of 1819.

Easting:
2944

Northing:
6962

Grid Reference:
NZ29446962

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/A2: Estate plan of Killingworth Moor, marking new roads, 1819