Scheduled MonumentsEnglandCoal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton

Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton

England
List entry 1016194
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016194
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.3 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 16772 68798, NZ 16514 69025, NZ 17070 68792, NZ 17379 69148, NZ 17508 69327, NZ 17862 69814, NZ 16988 69506
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton, is a scheduled ancient monument comprising evidence of coal extraction activity in Northumberland. The site represents industrial exploitation of the region's coal resources, with physical remains indicating the methods and scale of working during the period of activity. The pits are situated within an area of significant coal-bearing geology that has been worked since medieval times, though the specific chronology and extent of the Dewley Pits workings require reference to detailed archaeological survey records held within the Northumberland Heritage records.

Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016194. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton?

Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton, is a scheduled ancient monument comprising evidence of coal extraction activity in Northumberland.

Who is responsible for protecting Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton?

Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton 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 1016194.

What other scheduled monuments are near Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7, Benwell length of vallum of Hadrian's Wall in the grounds of Benwell Hill Cricket Club (5.4 km), Motte, 50m north of Holycross Church, Ryton (5.6 km), Hadrian's Wall vallum in wall mile 6, Benwell length of vallum of Hadrian's Wall in grounds of St Cuthbert's School (5.7 km).

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Overview
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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
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Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton

Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton 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.