High Spen, coal mining site

HER Number

11643

District

Gateshead

Site Name

High Spen, coal mining site

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 coal mining site, with tramway, drift (HER 6945 and 6947) mine shaft and ventilation shaft visible as earthworks and structures on air photographs of 1947. Levelled mostly by 1977.

Easting

413100

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ413100560000

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1443045; Aerial Photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 3218 04-OCT-1947