South Shields, Mill Dam

HER Number:
2591

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Mill Dam

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Dam

Site Type: Specific:
Mill Dam

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Mill Dam is shown on a map of South Shields of 1768. By the first edition Ordnance Survey map, surveyed in 1855, the dam has gone, presumably filled in and built over. The name survives on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan as Mill Dam Valley.

Easting:
3614

Northing:
6695

Grid Reference:
NZ36146695

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2591 >> County Conservation Team, 1989, Simonside, South Shields, Copy of Richardson, 1768, Plan of.South Shields. p.5; Prospect Archaeology, 2015, South Shields Masterplan - Archaeological Assessment