Birtley, Coal Shaft

HER Number:
3917

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley, Coal Shaft

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25SE

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:
2789

Northing:
5474

Grid Reference:
NZ27895474

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3917 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13