Elswick, Spoil Heap

HER Number:
4903

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Spoil Heap

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Spoil Heap

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19/C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This probable spoil heap takes the form of a roughly circular mound, measuring 5 metres in diameter, apparently with a spiral track leading to its top. It appears to be a spoil heap, and is shown on maps from 1859 to 1914. It is possible that this mound contained lead smelting waste, but it is more likely to be either a coal heap/storage area from the coal mine to the north (HER ref. 4118) or a general waste tip containing spent tanning bark, coal ash or broken ceramic jars.

Easting:
2417

Northing:
6307

Grid Reference:
NZ24176307

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4903 >> Northern Archaeological Associates, 2000, Elswick Lead Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment