West Chirton, mine shaft

HER Number

11760

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

West Chirton, mine shaft

Place

West Chirton

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Mine Shaft

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

A mine shaft of post medieval or modern date seen on air photographs. Next to Belle Pit (HER 1169).

Easting

431700

Northing

568930

Grid Reference

NZ431700568930

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405618; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4175 27-FEB-1946