Byker, Dents Hole Quarry

Tyne and Wear HER(4175): Byker, Dents Hole Quarry - Details

HER Number:
4175

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Dents Hole Quarry

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Stone Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Quarry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
2770

Northing:
6359

Grid Reference:
NZ27706359

Lats/Lons:

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