Crawcrook, Sand Pit

Tyne and Wear HER(3303): Crawcrook, Sand Pit - Details

HER Number:
3303

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Crawcrook, Sand Pit

Place:
Crawcrook

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Extractive Pit

Site Type: Specific:
Sand Pit

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
These two coal shafts are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856

Easting:
1372

Northing:
6474

Grid Reference:
NZ13726474

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3303 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1