Chance Pit

HER Number:
17169

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Chance Pit

Place:
Heaton

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 is shown on an 18th century Plan of Heaton Estate. Its precise location is unknown. Closed by 1815. Used to try and rescue the trapped miners of the Heaton Main Colliery disaster May 2015.

Easting:
426700

Northing:
565700

Grid Reference:
NZ426700565700

Lats/Lons:

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