Whickham Plantation, Grand Lease Pits

HER Number:
1664

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Whickham Plantation, Grand Lease Pits

Place:
Whickham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Whickham Hill Plantation covers some of the Grand Lease Pits, which may be earlier than the Whickham Grand Lease Way (constructed circa 1621) and may have been undisturbed.

Easting:
22323

Northing:
60853

Grid Reference:
NZ2232360853

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1664 >> E. Clavering, A.R. Rounding & G.C. Bennett, A1 Trunk Road, Gateshead Western Bypass, Improvement Objection Industrial Archaeology Submission