Walker, Powder Magazine

HER Number

4201

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walker, Powder Magazine

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Explosives Store

Site Type: Specific

Powder Magazine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Powder Magazine appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting

429780

Northing

564140

Grid Reference

NZ429780564140

Sources

<< HER 4201 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98