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Ashington Colliery
Bothal
55.175293, -1.618070
Bothal Barns Drift
Opened:
Closed:
1920s
1934
Entry Created:
22 May 2023
Last Updated:
22 May 2023
Partly Preserved
Condition:
Owners:
Ashington Coal Co. Ltd.
Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - This is the site of a 1920s drift mine, located just east of Bothal Barns and north east of Bothal village. There appears to be little info on this mine, but it may have been operated by the Ashington Coal Company. Curiously, the mine does not appear on Ordnance Survey maps, though a possibly related ventilation shaft does.
A related building still remains from when it was operating, which apparently still contains the capped shaft.
Ordnance Survey, 1924
The entrance to Bothal Barns drift was at this private residence.
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Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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