Walbottle Moors Wagonway

HER Number:
11504

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walbottle Moors Wagonway

Place:
Walbottle

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Embankments of another branch of the Walbottle Moor Waggonway. Pre-steam traction, horse drawn waggonway opened circa 1788. Ran from Walbottle Moor to Lemington Staithes. Parallel to the Holywell Reins Branch (HER 4271) about 230m apart. Recommended Schedule?

Easting:
1692

Northing:
6715

Grid Reference:
NZ16926715

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (22768); Richard Mead, Industrial Monuments Survey (Prov Schedule List) Oct 1973 2; B. Baxter, 1966, Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles - Stone Blocks & Iron Rails, p 150; Aerial Photograph NMR OS/92057 152 and 169 19-Apr-1992;