Gibside Estate, Snipes Dean coal workings

HER Number:
5112

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gibside Estate, Snipes Dean coal workings

Place:
Gibside

Map Sheet:
NZ15NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
References to coal working on the Gibside estate date from 1607 and ceased with the closure of a small drift mine in 1884. There are a few visible shaft mounds at this grid reference (further mounds, adits and a drift mouth at NZ 182 593 see HER 3653).

Easting:
1785

Northing:
5875

Grid Reference:
NZ17855875

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5112 >> English Heritage, Monuments Protection Program, Site Assessment