Beacon Lough, Quarry

HER Number

3842

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

427250

Northing

560110

Grid Reference

NZ427250560110

Sources

<< HER 3842 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7