Wideopen, Quarry

HER Number

1089

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wideopen, Quarry

Place

Wideopen

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

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

This sandstone quarry is marked "Old" on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey Map. T.H. Hair records that " in October 1829 a massive fossil tree was discovered at a depth of 42ft, measuring 72 foot long".

Easting

424400

Northing

572770

Grid Reference

NZ424400572770

Sources

<< HER 1089 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, NE