High Spen, coal workings
High Spen, coal workings
HER Number
11645
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 coal workings visible as earthworks on air photographs in 1959.
Easting
414240
Northing
560510
Grid Reference
NZ414240560510
Sources
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1443073; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/2685/F21 372 23-JAN-1959