Houghton-le-Spring, Coal Pit

HER Number:
3121

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Coal Pit

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This Coal Pit ismarked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1858. It may have been associated with Morton Engine (HER ref. 3140) and a wagonway (HER ref. 3614). The site of the pit is marked by low, irregular grassed-over earthworks.

Easting:
3216

Northing:
5064

Grid Reference:
NZ32165064

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3121 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13 Northern Archaeological Associates, 2001, Sunderland Central Route, Multi Modal Study