Brunton Quarry

HER Number

4004

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Brunton Quarry

Place

East Brunton

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

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

This quarry is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. The 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan shows an expansion of the quarry, but the 3rd edition map of 1921 shows it as disused. The British Geological Survey marks the rock as a yellow-grey quartzoze sandstone.

Easting

423740

Northing

571440

Grid Reference

NZ423740571440

Sources

<< HER 4004 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88