Heaton Park, Dyke Pit

HER Number

1769

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Heaton Park, Dyke 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

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

Easting

426480

Northing

566140

Grid Reference

NZ426480566140

Sources

<< HER 1769 >> Plan - ref. C188 of Heaton Estate, Northumberland Records Office- ZRI 50/9; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage