Dunston, Shaft

HER Number

3796

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Dunston, Shaft

Place

Dunston

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

This Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

423380

Northing

561390

Grid Reference

NZ423380561390

Sources

<< HER 3796 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6