Ryton, waggonway

HER Number

11625

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ryton, waggonway

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Tramway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Post medieval waggonway embankment visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946. Served coal workings (HER 11624).

Easting

414350

Northing

564420

Grid Reference

NZ414350564420

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1442839; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4317 27-FEB-1946