Coal Mine [High Monkshead]

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Coal Mine [High Monkshead]

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Description

A coal mine of unknown name to the west of High Monkshead. A short siding from the south east approached the site, leaving the Spireslack branch from just north east of the division between the Galawhistle Pit and Spireslack Colliery No 1 Pit lines. In the immediate area was a smithy (to the north), several quarries and shafts, and the Coal Burn.

Tags

Mine pit smithy
09/11/2020