Cleadon, Gravel Pits

HER Number

2582

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Cleadon, Gravel Pits

Place

Cleadon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Gravel Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Gravel Pits, west of Cleadon, are shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but not on the 1st edition, so were probably built after 1855. Their location is unclear on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting

438160

Northing

562260

Grid Reference

NZ438160562260

Sources

<< HER 2582 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8, NW