NEHL - There are 2 coal shafts visible on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey at Dunston Hill. They were labelled as old by this time, so may date to the 18th century or old. They could also have been part of the Elizabethan coal working at this site, though this is a matter of conjecture.

The shaft had disappeared by the 1890s.

Very close by, a clear man-made excavation has been dug into the hillside. This could be the Elizabethan mining workings where outcrops of coal closer to the surface were dug out. I will attach a photo of this below.

As it may be part of the Elizabethan colliery workings, I will add information from this entry.

"Dunston Hill is an old colliery worked from the reign of Elizabeth I. It is situated on the northern slope of Dunston Hill and includes the earthwork and other remains of early coal workings and part of an early wagonway embankment and cutting. The latter belong to the Northbanks Way built in 1699 by Charles Montagu. They survive because Northbanks Way was closed suddenly and permanently in 1723 by Lady Bowes and Lady Clavering. The cutting was the location for the first recorded railway brake-testing following its construction in 1699. The remains of the Northbanks-Dunston wagonway cutting are considered to be the finest example of pre-1720 railway engineering known to survive nationally."