Tyne and Wear HER(12268): Derwenthaugh, Derewent' muth' Fishery - Details
12268
Gateshead
Derwenthaugh, Derewent' muth' Fishery
Derwent Haugh
NZ26SW
Agriculture and Subsistence
Fish Trap
Fish Weir
Medieval
C12
Documentary Evidence
Derewent' muth' in 1128. The mouth of the River Derwent where the bishop of Durham had una sagena (draw net). The main catch would have been salmon, but in fact a wider range of fish would have been taken (eg. Eels, pike, minnow, burbot, trout and lamprey' {G.N. Garmondsway (ed), 1939, 'Aelfric's Colloquy', pp 101-2}.
206
633
NZ206633
Victor Watts, 1986, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names II in Durham Archaeological Journal, 2, 1986, pp 55-61