Ouseburn, Ballast Hill

HER Number

4154

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Ouseburn, Ballast Hill

Place

Ouseburn

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Ballast Hill

Site Type: Specific

Ballast Hill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Ballast Hill at this location.

Easting

426600

Northing

564360

Grid Reference

NZ426600564360

Sources

<< HER 4154 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; Dick Keys and Ken Smith, 2005, Tall Ships on the Tyne, p 6