Corn Pit

Corn Pit

HER Number

3865

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Corn Pit

Place

Low Eighton

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Corn Pit (Coal).

Easting

2659

Northing

5814

Grid Reference

NZ26595814

Sources

<< HER 3865 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7