Swalwell, Clay Shaft

HER Number

3634

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Swalwell, Clay Shaft

Place

Swalwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Clay Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of a Clay Shaft, presumably a shaft sunk for clay extraction.

Easting

420230

Northing

561830

Grid Reference

NZ420230561830

Sources

<< HER 3634 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6