Walbottle, Gravel Pit

HER Number

3934

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walbottle, Gravel Pit

Place

Walbottle

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Gravel Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Gravel Pit is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895

Easting

417110

Northing

565870

Grid Reference

NZ417110565870

Sources

<< HER 3934 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 96