Tyne and Wear HER(2594): Usworth, Spoil Heap - Details
2594
Sunderland
Usworth, Spoil Heap
Usworth
NZ35NW
Industrial
Mining Industry Site
Spoil Heap
Unknown
Documentary Evidence
The nature of this site is unclear, but on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan it appears to be an earthwork, possibly a spoil heap. Its location at the northern end of a wagonway (HER ref. 2610) suggests that it may have been the site of an extractive pit of some sort.
3032
5986
NZ30325986
<< HER 2594 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7