Monkton, Filter Beds

HER Number:
2552

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Monkton, Filter Beds

Place:
Monkton

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Disposal Site

Site Type: Specific:
Filter Bed

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This group of four filter beds is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was operational from after 1855. The filter beds may have been associated with the nearby Springwell Paper Works (HER ref. 2550).

Easting:
3283

Northing:
6405

Grid Reference:
NZ32836405

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2552 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE