Holystone, Wagonway

HER Number

1154

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Holystone, Wagonway

Place

Holystone

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Tramway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Possible wagonway, associated with possible Coal Mine, (HER ref. 1152). Appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, but not labelled. Drainage ditches were recorded during an evaluation by ASUD in 2015 associated with the Holystone wagonway. The ditches were realigned and recut as the wagonway evolved from timber to iron tracks.

Easting

430840

Northing

569990

Grid Reference

NZ430840569990

Sources

<< HER 1154 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Evaluation