Gibside Estate, Warren's Haugh, drive

HER Number:
12364

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gibside Estate, Warren's Haugh, drive

Place:
Gibside

Map Sheet:
NZ15NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Drive

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
The former carriage drive is shown on the 1856 Ordnance Survey plan leaving the estate approach road north of the bridge before curving across the haugh to its northern end, where there are now stone gate pillars. It was created by John Bowes in 1855. The southern end of the route was later re-aligened to the south-west. In 2012 an evaluation by On-Site Archaeology found evidence of the mid 19th century carriageway. It had previously been identified as upstanding earthworks and through historic map evidence. Two drainage ditches associated with the carriageway were also noted. The carriageway had been cut into natural geology.

Easting:
1699

Northing:
5826

Grid Reference:
NZ16995826

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Harry Beamish, Autumn 1993, Summary Table - Gibside; On-Site Archaeology, 2012, Gibside, Burnopfield - Archaeological Evaluation; Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2011, New car parking Warren Haugh and West Wood, Gibside - Archaeological Assessment