Cleadon, Limestone Quarry

HER Number:
2414

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Cleadon, Limestone Quarry

Place:
Cleadon

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 Quarry, marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so presumably was out of use by 1855. The remains of a small stone building or structure on the western edge of the quarry. Rear wall is cut into hill. Feature approx. 80cm deep. Might be a small quarrymans shelter or possibly a crane base.

Easting:
3882

Northing:
6328

Grid Reference:
NZ38826328

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2414 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas