High Spen, coal workings
High Spen, coal workings
HER Number
11636
District
Gateshead
Site Name
High Spen, coal workings
Place
High Spen
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
Post medieval area of coal working visible as earthworks on air photographs of 1947.
Easting
413990
Northing
561410
Grid Reference
NZ413990561410
Sources
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1442994; Aerial Photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 3218 04-OCT-1947