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Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill

England

List entry 1018227

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1018227

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

3.92 hectares

Grid reference

NZ 22048 61571

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill is a scheduled ancient monument comprising surface features associated with coal extraction in County Durham. The site preserves evidence of mining activity dating to the post-medieval period, reflecting the region's significant role in coal production from the sixteenth century onwards. The remains include physical traces of historic workings that demonstrate the exploitation of coal seams in this locality, contributing to the archaeological record of industrial activity in northeast England. These features are indicative of the transition from small-scale to more organised coal mining operations that characterised the development of the Durham coalfield.

Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018227. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill?

Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill is a scheduled ancient monument comprising surface features associated with coal extraction in County Durham.

Who is responsible for protecting Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill?

Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018227.

What other scheduled monuments are near Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Washingwells Roman fort, Whickham (1.4 km), DUNSTON STAITHS (1.8 km), Ravensworth quadrangular castle (2.7 km).

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Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

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Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Washingwells Roman fort, Whickham

1.4 km

DUNSTON STAITHS

1.8 km

Ravensworth quadrangular castle

2.7 km

Enclosures near Damhead Wood, Whickham

2.8 km

Site of Ravensworth coalmill, 600m north east of Ravensworth Castle

2.8 km

Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Closegate and Water Tower

3.5 km

Winlaton Mill ironworks, south east of Winlaton Mill village

3.7 km

Newcastle Swing Bridge

3.8 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill

Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

The wider landscape

Around Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~24.5 miles Battle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~3.9 miles Battle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~12.1 miles

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