Ryton, coal workings

HER Number

11624

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ryton, coal workings

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Coal workings visible as earthworks on aerial photography of 1946.

Easting

414320

Northing

564420

Grid Reference

NZ414320564420

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1442839; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4317 27-FEB-1946