Whin Pit

Whin Pit

HER Number

3907

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Whin 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 Whin Pit (Coal).

Easting

427990

Northing

556620

Grid Reference

NZ427990556620

Sources

<< HER 3907 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7