Earsdon, spoil heaps

HER Number:
17747

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Earsdon, spoil heaps

Place:
Earsdon

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Spoil Heap

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
20th century spoil heaps associated with Earsdon Colliery. A pale tone circular cropmark with a small central mark is visible on air photos at NZ3136 7243. It measures approximately 21m in diameter. This feature show on no other air photos and it is not certain that it is of archaeological origin. The area of this feature appears to have been used as a holding area for spoil from nearby collierys in 1958 and later and was subsequently relandscaped, which must cast some doubt on the archaeological potential of these cropmarks.

Easting:
31356

Northing:
72193

Grid Reference:
NZ3135672193

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alison Deegan, 2018, South East Northumberland Air Photograph and Lidar Mapping Project; ARF 16327/20 23-MAR-1993