Benton Square Pit

HER Number

15457

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Benton Square Pit

Place

Benton Square

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

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

Shown on a map of 1819.

Easting

429910

Northing

570060

Grid Reference

NZ429910570060

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 20/A2: Estate plan of Killingworth Moor, marking new roads, 1819