High Downs Quarry

HER Number

2984

District

Sunderland

Site Name

High Downs Quarry

Place

Great Eppleton

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

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

High Downs Quarry, with a lime kiln is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting

435680

Northing

548350

Grid Reference

NZ435680548350

Sources

<< HER 2984 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham, 21