Field House Sand Hole

HER Number

3173

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Field House Sand Hole

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Sand Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Field House Sand Hole, probably a Sand Pit at this location.

Easting

435410

Northing

550590

Grid Reference

NZ435410550590

Sources

<< HER 3173 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13