Carr Hill Quarry

HER Number

3827

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Carr Hill Quarry

Place

Deckham

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Quarry is marked as Old on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use by 1857.

Easting

426400

Northing

561200

Grid Reference

NZ426400561200

Sources

<< HER 3827 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7