Chance Pit

HER Number

17174

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Chance Pit

Place

Shieldfield

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

"Chance Pit" shown on an 18th century plan of the Outcrop of High Main Seam. Its precise location is unknown. Part of Shieldfield Colliery. Abandoned by 1770s.

Easting

426200

Northing

565500

Grid Reference

NZ426200565500

Sources

Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage