Scaffold Hill, Old Quarry
Scaffold Hill, Old Quarry
HER Number
2170
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Scaffold Hill, Old Quarry
Place
Scaffold Hill
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A Quarry at Scaffold Hill is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use before 1895. First shown on Plan of Backworth, Holywell and Longbenton Estates, 1800.
Easting
430200
Northing
569650
Grid Reference
NZ430200569650
Sources
<< HER 2170 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment; Plan of Backworth, Holywell and Longbenton Estates, 1800 (AC.0.XXII.36).