Chirton, Air Shaft

HER Number

2010

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Chirton, Air Shaft

Place

Chirton

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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

A shaft is marked at this location on early maps, but its function and associations are unclear. It is marked ‘Air Shaft’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting

433810

Northing

568140

Grid Reference

NZ433810568140

Sources

<< HER 2010 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89