Penshaw, quarry
Penshaw, quarry
HER Number
16881
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Penshaw, quarry
Place
Penshaw
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Large quarry shown as disused on the 2nd edition plan (1896). This does not figure on the 1862 plan. It was connected by a waggonway to the Lambton Railway line to the west. The course of the waggonway is followed by the present day Wensleydale Avenue. Its track had been mostly lifted by 1896.
Easting
432600
Northing
553400
Grid Reference
NZ432600553400
Sources
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Second Edition Ordnance Survey, 1898