Beacon Lough, Quarry

HER Number

3839

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Beacon Lough, Quarry

Place

Beacon Lough

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, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

427730

Northing

560270

Grid Reference

NZ427730560270

Sources

<< HER 3839 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7