Tyne and Wear HER(2167): Benton Square, Possible Coal Mine - Details
2167
N Tyneside
Benton Square, Possible Coal Mine
Benton Square
NZ37SW
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Early Modern
C19?
Documentary Evidence
A possible Old Coal Mine, north-east of Benton Square. It is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan as earthworks, with an adjacent Old Wagonway (HER ref. 1153), which may have been associated with it.
3041
7022
NZ30417022
<< HER 2167 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW