Jesmond Dene, Busy Cottage Mill, mill pond
Jesmond Dene, Busy Cottage Mill, mill pond
HER Number
5683
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Jesmond Dene, Busy Cottage Mill, mill pond
Place
Jesmond
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Pond
Site Type: Specific
Mill Pond
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Description
Mill pond to north of Busy Cottage Corn Mill (HER 4137). Still visible as a slight earthwork. Must have been used as a rubbish tip when it went out of use, as bottles have been found in the fill, along with clinker presumably from the ironworks (HER 5680).
Easting
426180
Northing
566330
Grid Reference
NZ426180566330
Sources
<< HER 5683 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2010, Millfield House, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Excavation