East Brunton, Brunton Quarry

HER Number:
4004

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
East Brunton, Brunton Quarry

Place:
East Brunton

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

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 shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. The 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan shows an expansion of the quarry, but the 3rd edition map of 1921 shows it as disused. The British Geological Survey marks the rock as a yellow-grey quartzoze sandstone.

Easting:
2374

Northing:
7144

Grid Reference:
NZ23747144

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4004 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88