Shaft

HER Number

2371

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Shaft

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Mine Shaft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A mine shaft, marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1855. This lay within the Sandstone Quarry (HER ref. 2372).

Easting

436110

Northing

565450

Grid Reference

NZ436110565450

Sources

<< HER 2371 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4