West Denton, Gravel Pit

HER Number

4041

District

Newcastle

Site Name

West Denton, Gravel Pit

Place

West Denton

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Gravel Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Gravel Pit appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

419170

Northing

565190

Grid Reference

NZ419170565190

Sources

<< HER 4041 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97