Seaton Burn Colliery, Mason Pit

Seaton Burn Colliery, Mason Pit

HER Number

6957

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Seaton Burn Colliery, Mason Pit

Place

Dinnington

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Opened 1888. Shown as an air shaft on Ordnance Survey second edition.

Easting

420700

Northing

574600

Grid Reference

NZ420700574600

Sources

Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk