Blaydon Burn, weir

HER Number:
8448

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, 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:
Weir associated with Low Mill (76), constructred of roughly squared, evenly coursed sandstone (Plate 2). Retaining walls along the banks of the Burn run downstream all the way to the Mill. A stone mould was found in the Burn just below the weir (Plate 71), function unknown.

Easting:
1762

Northing:
6327

Grid Reference:
NZ17626327

Lats/Lons:

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