Holystone, Coal Mine
Holystone, Coal Mine
HER Number
1152
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Holystone, Coal Mine
Place
Holystone
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Possible old coal mine, though not labelled as such on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map. May have been associated with possible wagonway (HER ref. 1154).
Easting
430850
Northing
570010
Grid Reference
NZ430850570010
Sources
<< HER 1152 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89
W.W. Tomlinson, 1980, Historical Notes on Cullercoats Whitley and Monkseaton, (reprinted) p 59-60; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment
W.W. Tomlinson, 1980, Historical Notes on Cullercoats Whitley and Monkseaton, (reprinted) p 59-60; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment