Crawcrook, Sand Pit

HER Number

3303

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Crawcrook, Sand Pit

Place

Crawcrook

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Sand Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

These two coal shafts are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856

Easting

413720

Northing

564740

Grid Reference

NZ413720564740

Sources

<< HER 3303 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1