Great Eppleton, Curlew Hope Quarry

HER Number:
7846

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Great Eppleton, Curlew Hope Quarry

Place:
Great Eppleton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

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:
This quarry appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map of 1897. IT contained a small gunpowder store, the only permanent structure. The quarry had closed by 1920 but is still visible.

Easting:
3642

Northing:
4847

Grid Reference:
NZ36424847

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice, 1999, Eppleton Reclamation Scheme: Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Assessment, p.22 & Fig. 2. Unpublished report for Hall Construction Services Ltd. (T&W HER 1999, Box 21A/2)