Usworth, Spoil Heap

HER Number

2594

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Usworth, Spoil Heap

Place

Usworth

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Spoil Heap

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The nature of this site is unclear, but on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan it appears to be an earthwork, possibly a spoil heap. Its location at the northern end of a wagonway (HER ref. 2610) suggests that it may have been the site of an extractive pit of some sort.

Easting

430320

Northing

559860

Grid Reference

NZ430320559860

Sources

<< HER 2594 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7