Scaffold Hill, Old Quarry

HER Number:
2170

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Scaffold Hill, Old Quarry

Place:
Scaffold Hill

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

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:
A Quarry at Scaffold Hill is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use before 1895. First shown on Plan of Backworth, Holywell and Longbenton Estates, 1800.

Easting:
3020

Northing:
6965

Grid Reference:
NZ30206965

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2170 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment; Plan of Backworth, Holywell and Longbenton Estates, 1800 (AC.0.XXII.36).