Morley Hill Quarry

HER Number

4352

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Morley Hill Quarry

Place

Dinnington

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 Sandstone Quarry, immediately east of Morley Hill Farm, is marked as ‘Old’ on the British Geological Survey map.

Easting

422400

Northing

572200

Grid Reference

NZ422400572200

Sources

<< HER 4352 >> British Geological Survey