Closegate Bottle Works, The Close

HER Number:
5076

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Closegate Bottle Works, The Close

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Glassmaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Bottle Works

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Glass waste including cyclinder edge pieces, offcuts from quarry cutting, glaziers waste was found west of the town wall during excavations at Close Gate in 1989.

Easting:
424830

Northing:
563550

Grid Reference:
NZ424830563550

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5076 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850; Fraser, R., Maxwell, R. & Vaughan, J.E., forth. 'Excavation adjacent to Close Gate, Newcastle, 1988-89', (page proofs).