Denton Burn, Coal Pit

HER Number

4056

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Denton Burn, Coal Pit

Place

Denton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1858.

Easting

1953

Northing

6474

Grid Reference

NZ19536474

Sources

<< HER 4056 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97