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Moor Pit, Byker
Byker, Newcastle
54.976616854186446, -1.5889468615888032
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Entry Created:
3 Sept 2021
Last Updated:
15 Feb 2023
Reclaimed
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Description (or HER record listing)
Moor Pit is shown on an 18th century Plan of Heaton Estate. Its precise location is unknown. Closed by 1815. Used to try and rescue the trapped miners of the Heaton Main Colliery disaster May 1815.
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Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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