Byker, Bird's Nest Quarry

HER Number:
4278

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Bird's Nest Quarry

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
Bird's Nest Quarry is shown at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but is absent from the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.

Easting:
2787

Northing:
6385

Grid Reference:
NZ27876385

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4278 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW