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West Denton, coal shaft
Denton
54.980649, -1.700478
Opened:
Closed:
pre-1860s
pre-1890s
Entry Created:
25 Aug 2023
Last Updated:
25 Aug 2023
Redeveloped
Condition:
Owners:
Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - This is one of two coal shafts situated about 100m west of Carr's Drift and Denton Dean. This shaft is not annotated as 'old' on the Ordnance Survey maps of the 1860s so was potentially still in use at this point, either as access or ventilation. However, the shaft is not illustrated on later maps and may have been capped.
The footpath did remain to the pit though, and much of the route is now Mapperley Drive.
There is no trace today of the shaft.
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Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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