Fulwell, Turntable

HER Number

2693

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Fulwell, Turntable

Place

Fulwell

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Turntable

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Turntable on the Fulwell/Monkwearmouth Wagonway (HER ref. 2692). This probably gave access to the adjacent battery of lime kilns (HER ref. 2695).

Easting

439120

Northing

559580

Grid Reference

NZ439120559580

Sources

<< HER 2693 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8