Benwell, Air Shaft

HER Number:
4303

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Air Shaft

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mine Drainage and Ventilation Site

Site Type: Specific:
Air Shaft

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This Air Shaft is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was sunk after 1858. This exact position of the shaft is diffucult to ascertain from the available historic map evidence.

Easting:
2007

Northing:
6457

Grid Reference:
NZ20076457

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4303 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NW