Rowlands Gill, Sand Pit

HER Number

3577

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Rowlands Gill, Sand Pit

Place

Rowlands Gill

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Sand Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Sand Pit at this location.

Easting

417310

Northing

559750

Grid Reference

NZ417310559750

Sources

<< HER 3577 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6