Shiphouse Pit

Shiphouse Pit

HER Number

3019

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Shiphouse Pit

Place

Harraton

Map Sheet

NZ25SE

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the Shiphouse Pit (Coal) at this location.

Easting

429600

Northing

554070

Grid Reference

NZ429600554070

Sources

<< HER 3019 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13