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Inkerman Drift
Tow Law
54.751273, -1.818942
Opened:
Closed:
pre-1890s
pre-1910s
Entry Created:
26 Jan 2024
Last Updated:
26 Jan 2024
Redeveloped
Condition:
Owners:
Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - A small drift mine was located north west of Dans Castle from at least the 1890s to the 1910s. It is possible this drift connected to the workings for the old Inkerman Colliery, which had closed by the 1870s and abandoned. The drift featured 3 small ancillary buildings above ground with no tramway into the shaft, just a modest horizontal shaft next to the local reservoir.
By the 1910s the drift was abandoned.
Ordnance Survey, 1890s
Aerial shot of the site after dismantling and abandonment. It was located next to the dried up reservoir on the north side of the road. Source: Historic England Archive (RAF photography) Historic England Photograph: raf_cpe_uk_2352_fp_1423 flown 04/10/1947
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Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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