Dents Hole Quarry

HER Number:
4175

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Dents Hole Quarry

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
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:
427700

Northing:
563590

Grid Reference:
NZ427700563590

Lats/Lons:

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