Flat Pit (Coal)

HER Number

3873

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Flat Pit (Coal)

Place

Low Eighton

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

'Flat Pit (Coal)' is shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map as a small circle, presumably marking a shaft.

Easting

426820

Northing

557630

Grid Reference

NZ426820557630

Sources

<< HER 3873 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7