Busy Cottage Mill, mill race
Busy Cottage Mill, mill race
HER Number
5681
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Busy Cottage Mill, mill race
Place
Jesmond
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
Site Type: Specific
Mill Race
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Description
Millrace from Mabel's Mill (HER 1402) to Deep Dene House Flint Mill (HER 4033) to Busy Cottage Corn Mill (HER 4137), where it ran into a mill pond (HER 5683). Would have been clay lined originally. A large proportion of the race survives as an impressive earthwork. It is best viewed from the modern wooden footbridge which crosses it at NZ2610 6662. A modern sewer runs through it.
Easting
426190
Northing
566310
Grid Reference
NZ426190566310
Sources
<< HER 5681 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2010, Millfield House, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Excavation