Carston Quarry

HER Number

2388

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Carston Quarry

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Sandstone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows the location of Carston Sandstone Quarry. This quarry is shown on a map of South Shields and Westoe dated 1768.

Easting

436710

Northing

566030

Grid Reference

NZ436710566030

Sources

<< HER 2388 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4
County Conservation Team, 1989, Simonside South Shields, p.5, Copy of Richardson, 1768, Plan of.South Shields..