Benton Square, Coal Shaft

HER Number

1116

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Benton Square, Coal Shaft

Place

Benton Square

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

Coal shaft, east of Benton Square. Probably dates to before 1858.

Easting

429820

Northing

569850

Grid Reference

NZ429820569850

Sources

<< HER 1116 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment