Rowlands Gill, Dam

HER Number:
3379

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Rowlands Gill, Dam

Place:
Rowlands Gill

Map Sheet:
NZ15NE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Power Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Dam

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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

Lats/Lons:

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