West Brunton, brickworks

HER Number

8008

District

Newcastle

Site Name

West Brunton, brickworks

Place

West Brunton

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickyard

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Greenwood's map of 1828 shows a brick yard on the Fawdon Wagonway (HER 1078) just south of Fawdon B Pit. Geophysical survey to the immediate south of the brick yard in 1999 identified anomalies which may indicate the presence of brick foundations.

Easting

421900

Northing

569870

Grid Reference

NZ421900569870

Sources

Greenwood's map of Northumberland, 1828; Timescape Archaeological Surveys, 1999, Northern Development Area, Geophysical Survey Phase 1