Rowlands Gill, Dam

HER Number

3379

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Rowlands Gill, Dam

Place

Rowlands Gill

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Dam

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Old Dam Ford is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area, so was presumably out of use by 1856.

Easting

1588

Northing

5902

Grid Reference

NZ15885902

Sources

<< HER 3379 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5