E Pit

E Pit

HER Number

17171

District

Newcastle

Site Name

E 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

E Pit is shown on an 18th century Plan of Heaton Estate. Its precise location is unknown.

Easting

427500

Northing

566100

Grid Reference

NZ427500566100

Sources

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