Chopwell, Nanny Pit

Tyne and Wear HER(3388): Chopwell, Nanny Pit - Details

HER Number:
3388

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Chopwell, Nanny Pit

Place:
Chopwell

Map Sheet:
NZ15NW

Class:

Site Type: Broad:
Shaft

Site Type: Specific:
Ventilation Shaft

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting:
1227

Northing:
5938

Grid Reference:
NZ12275938

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3388 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5; Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk