Killingworth, Clay Pit

HER Number

1092

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Killingworth, Clay Pit

Place

Killingworth

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Clay Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

An old Clay Pit south of Killingworth, out of use before 1895.

Easting

427280

Northing

570230

Grid Reference

NZ427280570230

Sources

<< HER 1092 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, NE