Ryton, Clay Pit

Ryton, Clay Pit

HER Number

3311

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ryton, Clay Pit

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Clay Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Clay Pit at this location.

Easting

414460

Northing

564410

Grid Reference

NZ414460564410

Sources

<< HER 3311 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1