Gateshead, Friar's Goose, Great Heap

HER Number:
5591

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Friar's Goose, Great Heap

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Spoil Heap

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. After the chemical works went out of use in 1932 the 2 million ton spoil heap was utilised for agricultural purposes. The recovered land became East Gateshead Riverside Park in 1966.

Easting:
2721

Northing:
6305

Grid Reference:
NZ27216305

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5591 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1890