Dents Hole Quarry
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