Tongue Burns Drift

Tongue Burns Drift

HER Number

6999

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Tongue Burns Drift

Place

Blackhall Mill

Map Sheet

NZ15NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

There was a coal drift at this location. Date unknown. Not shown on Ordnance Survey maps.

Easting

412113

Northing

557071

Grid Reference

NZ412113557071

Sources

Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk