Woolsington, waggonway

HER Number

11483

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Woolsington, waggonway

Place

Woolsington

Map Sheet

NZ17SE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Tramway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A probable waggonway of post medieval period seen as a cropmark and earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 and 1988. Continues the line of Walbottle Moors Waggonway (HER 4271). After a gap, the waggonway continues as an earthwork running towards a mine at Prestwick Pit just north of Black Callerton Hill.

Easting

417884

Northing

569909

Grid Reference

NZ417884569909

Sources

English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1440686); Aerial Photograph RAF/106G/UK/1193 3196 27-Feb-1946 and NMR OS/88050 28 14-Apr-1988