Tunstall, Gravel Pit

HER Number

2931

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Tunstall, Gravel Pit

Place

Tunstall

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Gravel Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Gravel Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

438490

Northing

554600

Grid Reference

NZ438490554600

Sources

<< HER 2931 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14