Stephen's Hall, mine shafts
Stephen's Hall, mine shafts
HER Number
638
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Stephen's Hall, mine shafts
Place
Stella
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Mining Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Mine Shaft
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Cropmark
Description
Aerial photographs of the Stephen's Hall area revealed two concentric rings, the inner 7.5 m diam, the outer 18 m diameter The supposed rectangular enclosure within which they lay was caused by modern field drains. In 1988 a trench was cut through the site in advance of opencasting, and the findings were interpreted as an infilled mine shaft perhaps abandoned c. 17th-18th century. The second site was probably a shaft first recorded in, but long abandoned before, 1888.
Easting
415500
Northing
563300
Grid Reference
NZ415500563300
Sources
<< HER 638 >> Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, Stephen's Hall, 13 Aug. A/069656/64-66 -Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, Stephen's Hall, 10 Aug. A/069599/9-11 - Museum of Antiquities
N. McCord, & G. Jobey, 1971, Notes on Air Reconnaissance in Northumberland and Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, II, 4, XLIX, 126
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 23 no. 3 and p. 120 plate 2.2.4
S. Speak, 1989, Excavations at Stephen's Hall North Farm, Ryton
S. Speak, 1987, Northern Archaeology, Vol. 8, pp. 25-27
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, Stephen's Hall, 10 Aug. A/069599/9-11 - Museum of Antiquities
N. McCord, & G. Jobey, 1971, Notes on Air Reconnaissance in Northumberland and Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, II, 4, XLIX, 126
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 23 no. 3 and p. 120 plate 2.2.4
S. Speak, 1989, Excavations at Stephen's Hall North Farm, Ryton
S. Speak, 1987, Northern Archaeology, Vol. 8, pp. 25-27