Old Mair Pit

Old Mair Pit

HER Number

17175

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Old Mair 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

"Old Mair Coal Pit" shown on an 18th century plan of the Outcrop of High Main Seam. Grid ref is approximate.

Easting

426800

Northing

565300

Grid Reference

NZ426800565300

Sources

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