Gateshead, coal pit

HER Number:
7842

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, coal pit

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The site of an 18th century coal pit is suggested at this location on the basis of early map evidence.

Easting:
2746

Northing:
5630

Grid Reference:
NZ27465630

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
NCAS, 1998, Felling Riverside: Friar’s Goose Remediation Scheme: Investigation of ‘Outfall E’ for Environmental Technology Consultants, Fig. 3. Unpublished report. (T&W HER 1998, Box 20/46)