South Shields, Trow Rocks Quarry

HER Number:
2390

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Trow Rocks Quarry

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Stone Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Limestone Quarry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A Limestone Quarry, on the south side of the Bents, near Trow Point. The 2nd edition Ordnance which was used to provide stone for the South Pier and South Groyne (HER refs. 2428 & 2429). A railway (HER ref. 2433) linked the quarry to these sites.

Easting:
3835

Northing:
6651

Grid Reference:
NZ38356651

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2390 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4; Archaeological Research Services, 2010, Phase 2 North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment, Project Record Number 700