Birtley, Wagonway

HER Number

3910

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Birtley, Wagonway

Place

Birtley

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Tramway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Wagonway, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857. A deposit that represents the bedding layer of the waggonway was excavated in 2011 by North Pennines Archaeology as part of a wider archaeological evaluation. No other tracks or features were observed.

Easting

427440

Northing

556240

Grid Reference

NZ427440556240

Sources

<< HER 3910 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; NPA, 2011, Land at North Side, Birtley, Gateshead - Archaeological Evaluation; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear;