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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 →
Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton, is a scheduled ancient monument comprising evidence of coal extraction activity in Northumberland.
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Coal workings at Dewley Pits, 650m south west of Black Callerton's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
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.