Bigges Main, Spoil Heap

HER Number

2190

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Bigges Main, Spoil Heap

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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

Spoil Heap, possibly derived from Bigges Main Colliery (HER ref. 1133).

Easting

428470

Northing

566790

Grid Reference

NZ428470566790

Sources

<< HER 2190 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SW