Heaton, Sand Pit

HER Number:
4150

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Heaton, Sand Pit

Place:
Heaton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

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:
A Sand Pit is shown at this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, but not on the 2nd edition, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting:
2680

Northing:
6555

Grid Reference:
NZ26806555

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4150 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97