Eighton Banks, Quarry

HER Number:
3881

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Eighton Banks, Quarry

Place:
Eighton Banks

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

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:
2771

Northing:
5843

Grid Reference:
NZ27715843

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3881 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7