Engine Pit

Engine Pit

HER Number

3905

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Engine Pit

Place

Birtley

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Engine Pit.

Easting

427960

Northing

556550

Grid Reference

NZ427960556550

Sources

<< HER 3905 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7