Walker, Southfield Copperas Works

HER Number:
4219

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Southfield Copperas Works

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Dye and Pigment Site

Site Type: Specific:
Copperas Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Southfield Copperas Works 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:
2983

Northing:
6509

Grid Reference:
NZ29836509

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4219 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98; The Archaeological Practice, 2009, Neptune Yard, Walker - Archaeological Assessment