Beacon Lough, Quarry

Beacon Lough, Quarry

HER Number

3841

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Beacon Lough, Quarry

Place

Beacon Lough

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Quarry at this location.

Easting

427170

Northing

559570

Grid Reference

NZ427170559570

Sources

<< HER 3841 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7