Mill Dam

HER Number

19088

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Mill Dam

Place

Penshaw

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Mill Race

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

'Mill Dam' is shown on the Ordnance Survey First Edition map leading northeast from Herrington Mill (HER3124) and running parallel to Herrington Burn to the northwest which fed it. It is not shown on subsequent editions.

Easting

433325

Northing

552733

Grid Reference

NZ433325552733