Plain Pit

Plain Pit

HER Number

17167

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Plain Pit

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Plain Pit is shown on an 18th century Plan of Heaton Estate. Its precise location is unknown.

Easting

426400

Northing

566200

Grid Reference

NZ426400566200

Sources

Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage