Blaydon Burn, sluice and weir

HER Number:
8447

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, sluice and weir

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Water Power Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Weir

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
First shown on an undated plan of Stella Township, probably c.1800-1820 [DRO D/X/35/5] these features are components of the mill dam which presumably supplied power to the Low Mill, though some 80m away. No visible remains.

Easting:
1759

Northing:
6324

Grid Reference:
NZ17596324

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures