Dents Hole Quarry

HER Number

4175

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Dents Hole Quarry

Place

Byker

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

Dents Hole Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

427700

Northing

563590

Grid Reference

NZ427700563590

Sources

<< HER 4175 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97