Weir And Fish Lock North East Of Old Fish Locks House

NZ 30 NE 352098 12/43

LOW DINSDALE FISH LOCKS Weir and fish lock to north-east of Old Fish Locks House

GII

Weir and fish lock.Mid C18.Said to have been built by William Emerson of Hurworth. Huge roughly-squared sandstone blocks laid across River Tees forming a C.50-metre long curving weir.Dressed stone fish lock.Height of weir reduced by about 0.75 metre in late C19.Originally two fish locks built partly into river bank at either end of weir.West lock destroyed.East lock is a small square-plan structure with round archways on upstream and downstream faces.It is said to contain a stone fish ladder.This item straddles the parishes of LOW DINSDALE and OVER DINSDALE.

Listing NGR: NZ3520209801