Monkton, Sandstone Quarry

HER Number

2274

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Monkton, Sandstone Quarry

Place

Monkton

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Sandstone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This sandstone quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area, so was presumably out of use by 1854.

Easting

432340

Northing

563340

Grid Reference

NZ432340563340

Sources

<< HER 2274 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3