Bigges Main, Spoil Heap

HER Number

2191

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Bigges Main, Spoil Heap

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Spoil Heap

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Spoil Heap, possibly related to Bigges Main Colliery (HER ref. 1133).

Easting

428590

Northing

566800

Grid Reference

NZ428590566800

Sources

<< HER 2191 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SW