Wallsend, wagonway
Wallsend, wagonway
HER Number
16480
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Wallsend, wagonway
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
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
Physical Evidence
Description
Waggonway shown on 1949 aerial photograph as a broad linear soil mark. The feature appeared consistent with a spread and ploughed-out bank of an old wagonway. The feature was identified and confirmed during an archaeological evaluation in 2011. It is believed to have connected the Beanypit shaft (Wallsend Colliery F Pit) which opened in 1797 and perhaps connected to Wallsend C Pit wagonway to the west of Wallsend village.
Easting
430230
Northing
567660
Grid Reference
NZ430230567660
Sources
Brigantia Archaeological Practice, 2010, Land at King's Road South, Wallsend - Archaeological Assessment; Brigantia Archaeological Practice, 2011, Land at King's Road South, Wallsend - Archaeological Evaluation; Brigantia Archaeological Practice, 2012, Land near King's Road South (King's Road Phase II), Wallsend - Archaeological Assessment