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Hill Pit, Birtley
Birtley
54.910347,-1.562496
Opened:
Closed:
Unknown
19th c
Entry Created:
3 Sept 2021
Last Updated:
4 Jul 2023
Reclaimed
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Description (or HER record listing)
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Hill Pit (Coal).
NEHL - Little is known about this pit and whether it was associated with Mount Moor slightly north. It was however abandoned by the 1890s.
Ordnance Survey, 1862
Hill Pit was aptly located next to the hill shown in the centre of this photograph from 2023.
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Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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