Howdon, Saw Pit

HER Number

2109

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Howdon, Saw Pit

Place

Howdon

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Wood Processing Site

Site Type: Specific

Saw Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Saw Pit is shown on maps of the 1850s but by the time of the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey revision in 1894/5 the site had been occupied by a shipyard (HER ref. 2197).

Easting

433020

Northing

566180

Grid Reference

NZ433020566180

Sources

<< HER 2109 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98