Gateshead, coal pits

HER Number

16114

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, coal pits

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Three coal pits to the SW of Peterborough Close, Gateshead. The pits - Blue Pit, Green Pit and League Pit are shown on 18th century estate plans.

Easting

425300

Northing

562400

Grid Reference

NZ425300562400

Sources

Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2010, Proposed Gateshed Football Stadium, Archaeological Assessment