Dunston, Powder Magazine

HER Number

3733

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Dunston, Powder Magazine

Place

Dunston

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Explosives Store

Site Type: Specific

Powder Magazine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Powder Magazine, possibly associated with Team Colliery (HER ref. 3732).

Easting

423400

Northing

562360

Grid Reference

NZ423400562360

Sources

<< HER 3733 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6