Horse Close Pit

HER Number

15493

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Horse Close Pit

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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 a Map of Throckley Fell 1774.

Easting

414960

Northing

566560

Grid Reference

NZ414960566560

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; A Map of Throckley Fell 1774