Marsden, Limestone Quarries

HER Number:
2404

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, Limestone Quarries

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

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:
Limestone Quarries are marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. On the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan this site has been engulfed by another quarry (HER ref. 2482), perhaps an expansion of the existing one.

Easting:
39609

Northing:
64588

Grid Reference:
NZ3960964588

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2404 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas