Throckley, Coal Workings
Throckley, Coal Workings
HER Number
3970
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Throckley, Coal Workings
Place
Throckley
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
An area of Old Coal Workings is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it had probably gone out of use by 1855. The precise extent and nature of these workings is unclear from the map evidence.
Easting
416500
Northing
568380
Grid Reference
NZ416500568380
Sources
<< HER 3970 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 87; Headland Archaeology, 2017. Dewley Hill Surface Mine.