High Spen, waggonway

HER Number:
11639

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
High Spen, waggonway

Place:
High Spen

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery Railway

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
Waggonway linking the spoil heap of Tilley Drift (HER 6948) to collieryand spoil heaps (HER 11655). Seen on air photographs of 1947.

Easting:
1369

Northing:
6039

Grid Reference:
NZ13696039

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1442688; Aerial Photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 3218 04-OCT-1947