Beacon Lough, Coal Pit

Tyne and Wear HER(3850): Beacon Lough, Coal Pit - Details

HER Number:
3850

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Beacon Lough, Coal Pit

Place:
Beacon Lough

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting:
2647

Northing:
5965

Grid Reference:
NZ26475965

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3850 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7