Benton Square, Possible Coal Mine

HER Number

2167

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Benton Square, Possible Coal Mine

Place

Benton Square

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A possible Old Coal Mine, north-east of Benton Square. It is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan as earthworks, with an adjacent Old Wagonway (HER ref. 1153), which may have been associated with it.

Easting

430410

Northing

570220

Grid Reference

NZ430410570220

Sources

<< HER 2167 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW