Tyne and Wear HER(5683): Jesmond Dene, Busy Cottage Mill, mill pond - Details
5683
Newcastle
Jesmond Dene, Busy Cottage Mill, mill pond
Jesmond
NZ26NE
Water Supply and Drainage
Pond
Mill Pond
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Earthwork
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).
426180
566330
NZ426180566330
<< HER 5683 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2010, Millfield House, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Excavation