Dayhole Pit

HER Number

3950

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Dayhole Pit

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Dayhole Pit (Coal) is shown at this location on a map of 1774 and the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by c.1895.

Easting

414890

Northing

567210

Grid Reference

NZ414890567210

Sources

<< HER 3950 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 87; Map of Throckley Fell 1774; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12