Rye Pit

HER Number

3955

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Rye Pit

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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

Rye Pit (Coal) is shown at this location on 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

415520

Northing

567370

Grid Reference

NZ415520567370

Sources

<< HER 3955 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 87