Eighton Banks, Quarry

HER Number

3880

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Eighton Banks, Quarry

Place

Eighton Banks

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

427850

Northing

558330

Grid Reference

NZ427850558330

Sources

<< HER 3880 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7