West Brunton, Mine Shaft
West Brunton, Mine Shaft
HER Number
4238
District
Newcastle
Site Name
West Brunton, Mine Shaft
Place
West Brunton
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Mining Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Mine Shaft
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
This Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895. It is shown by the British Geological Survey as a shaft in Beeftub Plantation, along with a second shaft immediately south within the Plantation called "Water Gin".
Easting
421130
Northing
571830
Grid Reference
NZ421130571830
Sources
<< HER 4238 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, NW; The Archaeological Practice, 2021, Solar Farm Development, Newcastle International Airport, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological evaluation.