Monkseaton, borehole

HER Number:
5868

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Monkseaton, borehole

Place:
Monkseaton

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

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:
A series of boreholes and old pits are shown on a map of Monkseaton 1833-41. The depth of these borings and the strata encountered are recorded by the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers in 1885.

Easting:
3432

Northing:
7188

Grid Reference:
NZ34327188

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5868 >> M. Snape, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, 88-90 Front Street, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, Archaeological Assessment, p 12 1833, Map of Monkseaton, Northumberland Records Office, ZHE 63/23 Mining Institute, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, 1885, Strata of Northumberland and Durham, Borings and Sinkings