Milkwellburn Colliery, Coal Shafts (and drifts)

HER Number

3404

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Milkwellburn Colliery, Coal Shafts (and drifts)

Place

Chopwell

Map Sheet

NZ15NW

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

Old Coal Shafts are marked at this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. The number and precise locations of the shafts are unclear.

Easting

411050

Northing

557710

Grid Reference

NZ411050557710

Sources

<< HER 3404 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5