Gateshead, Clay Pit

Gateshead, Clay Pit

HER Number

3527

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, Clay Pit

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

426270

Northing

563310

Grid Reference

NZ426270563310

Sources

<< HER 3527 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3