Penshaw, Penshaw Hill, Sand Pit

HER Number:
3090

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Penshaw Hill, Sand Pit

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Extractive Pit

Site Type: Specific:
Sand Pit

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This Sand Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1858.

Easting:
3362

Northing:
5438

Grid Reference:
NZ33625438

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3090 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Archaeo-Environment Ltd, 2010, Historic Environment Survey for National Trust Properties, Tyne and Wear - Penshaw Monument