Winlaton, Gravel Pit

HER Number

3573

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Winlaton, Gravel Pit

Place

Winlaton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Gravel Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Gravel Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

417240

Northing

560660

Grid Reference

NZ417240560660

Sources

<< HER 3573 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6