Benton, golf course

HER Number

11649

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benton, golf course

Place

Benton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Club

Site Type: Specific

Golf Club

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

Earthworks of the greens of a golf course mapped from wartime air photographs. On the west side of Longbenton, between Benton Lane and Coach Lane. The golf course is shown on third edition Ordnance Survey map of 1916. Destroyed by development in the 1950s.

Easting

427320

Northing

568030

Grid Reference

NZ427320568030

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1430281; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/LA/106 2050 21-JAN-1945