Whitley Bay, Sand Pit

HER Number

1039

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, Sand Pit

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37NW

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

Sand Pit, close to the ocation of the Coastguard Lookout.

Easting

434900

Northing

575160

Grid Reference

NZ434900575160

Sources

<< HER 1039 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 81 SE