Arthur Street, pit heap?

Arthur Street, pit heap?

HER Number
16117
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Arthur Street, pit heap?
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Mining Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Spoil Heap
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Small mound shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 1858 plan but not otherwise recorded. Perhaps a short lived late 19th or early 19th century coal pit.
Easting
425550
Northing
562630
Grid Reference
NZ425550562630
Sources
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2010, Proposed Gateshed Football Stadium, Archaeological Assessment