West Chirton, mine shafts

HER Number

11761

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

West Chirton, mine shafts

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 group of three mine shafts of probable Post Medieval or Modern date were seen as earthworks on air photographs of 1946.

Easting

432160

Northing

569030

Grid Reference

NZ432160569030

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405886; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4175 27-FEB-1946