Monkseaton, borehole
Monkseaton, borehole
HER Number
5863
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Monkseaton, borehole
Place
Monkseaton
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
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
A series of boreholes and old pits are shown on a map of Monkseaton 1833-41. The depth of these borings and the strata encountered are recorded by the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers in 1885.
Easting
434200
Northing
572020
Grid Reference
NZ434200572020
Sources
<< HER 5863 >> M. Snape, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2004, 88-90 Front Street, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, Archaeological Assessment, p 12
1833, Map of Monkseaton, Northumberland Records Office, ZHE 63/23
Mining Institute, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, 1885, Strata of Northumberland and Durham, Borings and Sinkings
1833, Map of Monkseaton, Northumberland Records Office, ZHE 63/23
Mining Institute, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, 1885, Strata of Northumberland and Durham, Borings and Sinkings