Dinnington, quarry

HER Number:
7730

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Dinnington, quarry

Place:
Dinnington

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

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:
An ‘old Quarry’ is shown on the east side of Gardeners Houses on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, but not on the 1st edition, suggesting that it had been in operation between c.1855 and c.1898.

Easting:
2099

Northing:
7434

Grid Reference:
NZ20997434

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, surveyed c.1898.