Usworth, Spoil Heap

HER Number:
2594

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Usworth, Spoil Heap

Place:
Usworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Spoil Heap

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The nature of this site is unclear, but on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan it appears to be an earthwork, possibly a spoil heap. Its location at the northern end of a wagonway (HER ref. 2610) suggests that it may have been the site of an extractive pit of some sort.

Easting:
3032

Northing:
5986

Grid Reference:
NZ30325986

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2594 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7