Wideopen, Quarry

Tyne and Wear HER(1089): Wideopen, Quarry - Details

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HER Number:
1089

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wideopen, Quarry

Place:
Wideopen

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Stone Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Quarry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This sandstone quarry is marked "Old" on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey Map. T.H. Hair records that " in October 1829 a massive fossil tree was discovered at a depth of 42ft, measuring 72 foot long".

Easting:
2440

Northing:
7277

Grid Reference:
NZ24407277

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1089 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, NE

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