Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Campground Quarry at this location.

The nature of this site is unclear, but on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan it appears to be an earthwork, possibly a spoil heap. Its location at the northern end of a wagonway (HER ref. 2610) suggests that it may have been the site of an extractive pit of some sort.

A tilery and brickyard are shown on a 1768 map of South Shields, but their precise location is unclear from this evidence.

A possible site associated with glassmaking is marked on a map of South Shields and Westoe of 1768 as "Cold Well used to make Glass", but no other information is given, so the site could be a sand quarry, for example rather than a glassworks. Two wells and a pump are marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the area, which is now known as Cauldwell.

Mill Dam is shown on a map of South Shields of 1768. By the first edition Ordnance Survey map, surveyed in 1855, the dam has gone, presumably filled in and built over. The name survives on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan as Mill Dam Valley.

A tilery is shown on a map of South Shields of 1768. Its precise location is unclear.

A ropery, south-west of the Lawe. It is shown on a map of 1768, but the location is imprecise.

A mine shaft, marked as ‘Old’ on the 3rd edition Ordnance Survey map of 1921, but not shown on the 2nd edition map, so sunk after 1895. It is probably associated with the nearby Whitburn Colliery.

Five firing ranges, one of 40yds, one of 600yds and three of 500yds. This is possibly associated with a group of buildings on Mill Lane which may be barrack blocks. The earliest representation of these ranges seen so far is on the 1921 OS 6" map. This area was once part of the medieval field system associated with Whitburn village (HER 887). Sections of the medieval ridge and furrow earthworks were scraped away to create the ranges but elsewhere within the site boundary, evidence of the former cultivation system can be clearly seen. World War One practice trenches can be seen on aerial photographs. The land for the range was bought from Sir John Sherburn by the Territorial Force Association in 1912. The camp was occupied by the Regular Army throughout the First World War and wooden huts were built for a garrison approaching battalion strength. A trench system was dug using the characteristic ‘Greek Key’ pattern of firing bays and communication trenches. After the war the camp reverted to the Territorial Association until the Regular Army returned between1939-45. During this period, some of the trenches of the earlier war were re-excavated. By 1953 the wooden huts of the First War were replaced by the modern brick bungalows which today stand on the range. This work was carried out between 1954 and 1962, providing accommodation for approximately 250 troops. During the 1960s the Royal Engineers carried out ground clearance works, eliminating the ‘bumps and hollows’ between the butts and the camp and removing almost all traces of the trench system. At the same time concrete pillboxes were demolished and destroyed.

Monkton Coking Works were built in 1930 and began operation in 1937, continuing to work until 1990. Originally there were 33 ovens in one battery, but in 1956 a second battery of 33 was opened. Battery 1 closed down in 1960 and was replaced in 1972. Battery 2 closed soon after and was replaced in 1980. Until closure in 1990 the plant was in the hands of the National Coal Board, having been taken over in 1947. Originally producing coke for the steel industry the plant began to produce coke for domestic use from 1986 as well as blast furnace and quartz coke.