Walbottle Moors Wagonway
Walbottle Moors Wagonway
HER Number
11504
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Walbottle Moors Wagonway
Place
Walbottle
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Description
Embankments of another branch of the Walbottle Moor Waggonway. Pre-steam traction, horse drawn waggonway opened circa 1788. Ran from Walbottle Moor to Lemington Staithes. Parallel to the Holywell Reins Branch (HER 4271) about 230m apart. Recommended Schedule?
Easting
416920
Northing
567150
Grid Reference
NZ416920567150
Sources
English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (22768); Richard Mead, Industrial Monuments Survey (Prov Schedule List) Oct 1973 2; B. Baxter, 1966, Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles - Stone Blocks & Iron Rails, p 150; Aerial Photograph NMR OS/92057 152 and 169 19-Apr-1992;