Benton Square, Air Shaft

HER Number:
2194

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Benton Square, Air Shaft

Place:
Benton Square

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:

Site Type: Broad:
Shaft

Site Type: Specific:
Ventilation Shaft

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows an Air Shaft, possibly related to Moor Edge Colliery (HER ref. 2193), at this location. This is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan so may have gone out of use before 1895.

Easting:
3002

Northing:
6952

Grid Reference:
NZ30026952

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2194 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SW