Tyne and Wear HER(2010): Chirton, Air Shaft - Details
2010
N Tyneside
Chirton, Air Shaft
Chirton
NZ36NW
Industrial
Mine Drainage and Ventilation Site
Mine Shaft
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
A shaft is marked at this location on early maps, but its function and associations are unclear. It is marked ‘Air Shaft’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan.
3381
6814
NZ33816814
<< HER 2010 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89