Ballast Hill

HER Number

3520

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ballast Hill

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Ballast Hill

Site Type: Specific

Ballast Hill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Ballast Hill at this location.

Easting

426540

Northing

563640

Grid Reference

NZ426540563640

Sources

<< HER 3520 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3; Dick Keys and Ken Smith, 2005, Tall Ships on the Tyne, p 6