tow05a
High West House, coal shaft
Tow Law
54.748492, -1.809322
Opened:
Closed:
pre-1850s
19th c
Entry Created:
18 Jan 2024
Last Updated:
18 Jan 2024
Reclaimed
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Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - A coal shaft was located next to the Deerness, just east of South Cornsay. It was annotated as 'old' in the 1850s, though was still in situ into the 1920s. By the 1940s, it appears to have been capped and dismantled.
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Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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