Rowland's Gill, Victoria Garesfield Colliery Railway

HER Number

6905

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Rowland's Gill, Victoria Garesfield Colliery Railway

Place

Rowland's Gill

Map Sheet

NZ15NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Linked the Victoria Garesfield Colliery (HER 6903) to the Derwent Valley Railway (HER 1019). Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map. Survives as a path near the former colliery. Earthworks survive in Rowland's Gill woods at western end.

Easting

414400

Northing

557940

Grid Reference

NZ414400557940

Sources

Second edition Ordnance Survey map 1890