Rose Pit

HER Number

3943

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Rose Pit

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on a map of Throckley Fell 1774 and ZAN/M17/197/a/24 (also 18th century in date).

Easting

415280

Northing

566710

Grid Reference

NZ415280566710

Sources

<< HER 3943 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 87; Map of Throckley Fell 1774; ZAN/M17/197/a/24