Bird's Nest Quarry

HER Number

4278

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Bird's Nest Quarry

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

Bird's Nest Quarry is shown at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but is absent from the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.

Easting

427870

Northing

563850

Grid Reference

NZ427870563850

Sources

<< HER 4278 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW