Downhill Quarry

HER Number

11754

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Downhill Quarry

Place

West Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Limestone Quarry

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Two limestone and sand quarries at NZ 3481 6037 and NZ 3484 6011 with a lime kiln (HER 2306, listed grade 2) set into the side the northernmost quarry. The northern quarry was used for a Prisoner of War Camp (HER 5852).

Easting

434800

Northing

560200

Grid Reference

NZ434800560200

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403565; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/1193 4362 27-FEB-1946