N20770
Middleton Moor, coal pit
Belford
55.601018, -1.878955
Opened:
19th c
Closed:
19th c
Reclaimed
Condition:
Last Updated:
22 Apr 2022
Owners:
HER Info (unless otherwise noted)
This is the site of a small coal pit. It probably was a bellpit used to fuel the nearby tile kiln. It is dated to the 1860s when recorded as a "Coal Pit" - later mapping by the Ordnance Survey recorded this as "Old" and so presumably as disused.
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