Liberty Pit

HER Number:
15470

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Liberty Pit

Place:
Woolsington

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on map of around 1770.

Easting:
420090

Northing:
569040

Grid Reference:
NZ420090569040

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 24/29 c.1770