Scotswood, Quarry

HER Number

4304

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood, Quarry

Place

Scotswood

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

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

Easting

420730

Northing

563650

Grid Reference

NZ420730563650

Sources

<< HER 4304 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NW