Gibside Estate, Leapmill Burn, causeway

HER Number:
12387

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gibside Estate, Leapmill Burn, causeway

Place:
Gibside

Map Sheet:
NZ15NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Embankment

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Causeway or culvert over Leapmill Burn. In 1858 the burn was cross by a small bridge upstream (east) of the present culvert, causing the road to bend sharply. By 1895 the line had been straigtened, and a new crossing formed some 25m west of the earlier one. This entailed covering-in some 21m of the Leap Mill Burn, effectively forming the present culvert which has a sandstone rubble 'mouth' to the west and a modern lining of a large diameter concrete pipe.

Easting:
1699

Northing:
5824

Grid Reference:
NZ16995824

Lats/Lons:

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