Copt Hill Quarry

HER Number

3188

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Copt Hill Quarry

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Copt Hill Quarry in association with an ‘Old’ lime kiln.

Easting

435280

Northing

549280

Grid Reference

NZ435280549280

Sources

<< HER 3188 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20