Cleadon, Quarry

HER Number

2399

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Cleadon, Quarry

Place

Cleadon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Limestone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Cleadon Quarry. The precise extents of the site are unclear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, which shows a Lime Kiln within the site.

Easting

438450

Northing

563980

Grid Reference

NZ438450563980

Sources

<< HER 2399 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas