Wallsend, wagonway

HER Number:
16480

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, wagonway

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
Waggonway shown on 1949 aerial photograph as a broad linear soil mark. The feature appeared consistent with a spread and ploughed-out bank of an old wagonway. The feature was identified and confirmed during an archaeological evaluation in 2011. It is believed to have connected the Beanypit shaft (Wallsend Colliery F Pit) which opened in 1797 and perhaps connected to Wallsend C Pit wagonway to the west of Wallsend village.

Easting:
3023

Northing:
6766

Grid Reference:
NZ30236766

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brigantia Archaeological Practice, 2010, Land at King's Road South, Wallsend - Archaeological Assessment; Brigantia Archaeological Practice, 2011, Land at King's Road South, Wallsend - Archaeological Evaluation; Brigantia Archaeological Practice, 2012, Land near King's Road South (King's Road Phase II), Wallsend - Archaeological Assessment