Low Dam

HER Number

3584

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Low Dam

Place

Winlaton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Dam

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows ‘Low Dam’ on this site, possibly a structure associated with Winlaton Mill (HER ref. 1006) - but this is not clear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting

418400

Northing

560310

Grid Reference

NZ418400560310

Sources

<< HER 3584 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6; ; Archaeological Research Services, 2018 Crowley Dam, Winlaton Mill, Historic Building Recording;