Blaydon Burn, sluice and weir
Blaydon Burn, sluice and weir
HER Number
8447
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, sluice and weir
Place
Blaydon Burn
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
Site Type: Specific
Weir
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
First shown on an undated plan of Stella Township, probably c.1800-1820 [DRO D/X/35/5] these features are components of the mill dam which presumably supplied power to the Low Mill, though some 80m away. No visible remains.
Easting
417590
Northing
563240
Grid Reference
NZ417590563240
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures