Penshaw Hill, Quarries

HER Number

3092

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw Hill, Quarries

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Small limestone quarries on SE and SSW side of Penshaw Monument. Marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so out of use by 1858. The precise definition of these features is unclear due to poor copy of the map.

Easting

433410

Northing

554310

Grid Reference

NZ433410554310

Sources

<< HER 3092 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Archaeo-Environment Ltd, 2010, Historic Environment Survey for National Trust Properties, Tyne and Wear - Penshaw Monument