Heaton, Sand Pit

HER Number

4150

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Heaton, Sand Pit

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Sand Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Sand Pit is shown at this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, but not on the 2nd edition, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

426800

Northing

565550

Grid Reference

NZ426800565550

Sources

<< HER 4150 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97