Heaton Park, Fortune Pit

HER Number:
1767

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Heaton Park, Fortune Pit

Place:
Heaton

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:
Fortune Pit is shown on an 18th century Plan of Heaton Estate. Its precise location is unknown.

Easting:
426550

Northing:
566010

Grid Reference:
NZ426550566010

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1767 >> Plan - ref. C188 of Heaton Estate, Northumberland Records Office- ZRI 50/9; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage