Whitley Bay, Old Shaft (Ironstone)

HER Number:
1047

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, Old Shaft (Ironstone)

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Ironstone Workings

Site Type: Specific:
Ironstone Mine

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Old Shaft (Ironstone) next to Whitley Links. Ironstone, shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of c.1860 was worked in galleries by monks during the 18th century, but the workings became uneconomical after the opening of the Cleveland ironstone mines in the early part of the 19th century. Spoil was dumped on the links at Whitley, but much was washed away by the sea. Many workings were filled in when the Interceptor sewer was constructed in the 1970s.

Easting:
3529

Northing:
7285

Grid Reference:
NZ35297285

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1047 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 81 S.M. Linsley, 1994, Notes on the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, Iron Mining at Whitley Bay (unpub) I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 50