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17173


Newcastle


Shieldfield, Engine Pit


Shieldfield


NZ26NE


Industrial


Coal Mining Site


Coal Workings


Post Medieval


C18


Documentary Evidence


"Engine Pit" shown on an 18th century plan of the Outcrop of High Main Seam. Its precise location is unknown. Part of Shieldfield Colliery. Abandoned by 1770s.


26311


65502


NZ2631165502



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

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