Newburn Haugh, sand quarry

HER Number:
11551

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn Haugh, sand quarry

Place:
Lemington

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Sand Pit

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Presumed sand quarry which would have formally been under the original course of the River Tyne before river improvements in the late C19. Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition linked to Lemington Staiths (HER 4036) by a waggonway (HER 11550).

Easting:
418230

Northing:
563850

Grid Reference:
NZ418230563850

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey third edition, 1921