Birtley, Wagonway

HER Number:
3910

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley, Wagonway

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A Wagonway, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857. A deposit that represents the bedding layer of the waggonway was excavated in 2011 by North Pennines Archaeology as part of a wider archaeological evaluation. No other tracks or features were observed.

Easting:
2744

Northing:
5624

Grid Reference:
NZ27445624

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3910 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; NPA, 2011, Land at North Side, Birtley, Gateshead - Archaeological Evaluation; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear;