Beacon Lough, Coal Pit

HER Number

3850

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Beacon Lough, Coal Pit

Place

Beacon Lough

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

426470

Northing

559650

Grid Reference

NZ426470559650

Sources

<< HER 3850 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7