Walker, Powder Magazine

HER Number:
4201

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Powder Magazine

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Explosives Store

Site Type: Specific:
Powder Magazine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A Powder Magazine appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting:
2978

Northing:
6414

Grid Reference:
NZ29786414

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4201 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98