Newburn Haugh, sand quarry
Newburn Haugh, sand quarry
HER Number
11551
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newburn Haugh, sand quarry
Place
Lemington
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
Site Type: Specific
Sand Pit
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Presumed sand quarry which would have formally been under the original course of the River Tyne before river improvements in the late C19. Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition linked to Lemington Staiths (HER 4036) by a waggonway (HER 11550).
Easting
418230
Northing
563850
Grid Reference
NZ418230563850
Sources
Ordnance Survey third edition, 1921