Chance Pit

HER Number:
17174

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Chance Pit

Place:
Shieldfield

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
"Chance Pit" shown on an 18th century plan of the Outcrop of High Main Seam. Its precise location is unknown. Part of Shieldfield Colliery. Abandoned by 1770s.

Easting:
426200

Northing:
565500

Grid Reference:
NZ426200565500

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage