North Brunton Pit

HER Number

15467

District

Newcastle

Site Name

North Brunton Pit

Place

Brunton

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Early 19th century coal pit.

Easting

2115

Northing

7171

Grid Reference

NZ21157171

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Turnbull, L. 2009 Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield, p 131