Blaydon Burn, Coal shaft and windlass
Blaydon Burn, Coal shaft and windlass
HER Number
1659
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, Coal shaft and windlass
Place
Blaydon Burn
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Mining Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Mine Shaft
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
On the first edition Ordnance Survey plan (c.1855) a coal shaft is marked in the area now associated with the entrance to the tar tunnel (HER ref. 1656). It was disused by 1896. It was possibly a secondary shaft for the Betsy Pit (HER ref. 3560) or may have been a separate small venture. The windlass and the lack of buildings suggest the former.
Easting
417210
Northing
563000
Grid Reference
NZ417210563000
Sources
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