Low Moorsley Quarry

HER Number

3223

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Low Moorsley Quarry

Place

Moorsley

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

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 Low Moorsley Quarry, with a limekiln at this location.

Easting

434280

Northing

546180

Grid Reference

NZ434280546180

Sources

<< HER 3223 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20