Benton Square, Quarry

HER Number

2164

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Benton Square, Quarry

Place

Benton Square

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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

Benton Square Quarry is not shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan so must have opened after 1858.

Easting

429600

Northing

569920

Grid Reference

NZ429600569920

Sources

<< HER 2164 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW; TWM, 2010, Stanley Miller site, Palmersville - Archaeological Assessment