South Hylton, Refuse Heap

HER Number

2661

District

Sunderland

Site Name

South Hylton, Refuse Heap

Place

South Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Spoil Heap

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan marks a refuse heap at this location, although it appears that there may actually have been two. The refuse heap(s) may have been associated with the nearby Iron Works (HER ref. 2658).

Easting

435320

Northing

556450

Grid Reference

NZ435320556450

Sources

<< HER 2661 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7