Town Moor, opencast coal mine

HER Number:
11702

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Town Moor, opencast coal mine

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Twentieth century opencast coal mine, which operated during the Second World War. Shallow coal over an area of 345,600m square was removed. A group of temporary buildings were constructed. The site has been re-instated with top soil and is identifiable as a flat area with diagonal drainage. In places around the mine's perimeter, a scarp up to 1m high remains. During reinstatement the low summit of Race Hill to the south was graded, revealing the soilmark of a possible prehistoric settlement (HER 5894). The mining destroyed an anti-aircraft battery, leaving only part of a radar station visible on 1946 air photographs (11706). At the same time an area west of Grandstand Road was open cast.

Easting:
424050

Northing:
566640

Grid Reference:
NZ424050566640

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1029504; RCHME, 1995, Town Moor Survey; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/94 5201 and 5165 29-MAR-1946