North Shields, Limekiln Shore

HER Number:
2135

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Limekiln Shore

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Kiln

Site Type: Specific:
Lime Kiln

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Placename Evidence

Description:
Limekiln Shore is the possible site of riverside limekilns (see also HER ref. 2130). The site was previously that of the floating dock (HER ref. 2071), which was presumably out of use and filled in some time after 1858.

Easting:
3554

Northing:
6755

Grid Reference:
NZ35546755

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2135 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SE J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth