Gibside Estate, Snipes Dean coal workings
Gibside Estate, Snipes Dean coal workings
HER Number
5112
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gibside Estate, Snipes Dean coal workings
Place
Gibside
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Description
References to coal working on the Gibside estate date from 1607 and ceased with the closure of a small drift mine in 1884. There are a few visible shaft mounds at this grid reference (further mounds, adits and a drift mouth at NZ 182 593 see HER 3653).
Easting
417850
Northing
558750
Grid Reference
NZ417850558750
Sources
<< HER 5112 >> English Heritage, Monuments Protection Program, Site Assessment