Byker, Moor Pit (Avenue Pit)

HER Number:
17168

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Moor Pit (Avenue Pit)

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Moor Pit is shown on an 18th century Plan of Heaton Estate. Its precise location is unknown. Closed by 1815. Used to try and rescue the trapped miners of the Heaton Main Colliery disaster May 2015.

Easting:
262

Northing:
647

Grid Reference:
NZ262647

Lats/Lons:

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