Beacon Lough, Quarry

HER Number:
3839

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Beacon Lough, Quarry

Place:
Beacon Lough

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
This Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting:
2773

Northing:
6027

Grid Reference:
NZ27736027

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3839 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7