Quarry Pit

Quarry Pit

HER Number

3778

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Quarry Pit

Place

Low Fell

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Quarry Pit (Coal).

Easting

425800

Northing

559420

Grid Reference

NZ425800559420

Sources

<< HER 3778 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6