Gibside, River Derwent, riverside walls

HER Number:
12399

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gibside, River Derwent, riverside walls

Place:
Gibside

Map Sheet:
NZ15NE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Regulation Installation

Site Type: Specific:
Flood Defences

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Part of the retaining walls along the Gibside Estate bank of the River Derwent which were begun in 1733 and known in estate records as 'keys'. The 'key' wall which survives is formed of sandstone ashlar to the river side. The ashlar work is continued just into the mouth of the Leap Mill Burn, where it changes to sandstone rubble.

Easting:
16939

Northing:
58268

Grid Reference:
NZ1693958268

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