Ravensworth, lime tree and gate piers

HER Number:
13472

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ravensworth, lime tree and gate piers

Place:
Ravensworth

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Unassigned

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Gate Pier

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
To the south-east of the stable block is a large pollarded lime, some 5m in diameter, indicating a tree of at least 300 years old. To the east there are remains of some stone buildings and a fallen pair of stone gate piers, now overgrown by sycamore and ground flora. A bowl shaped hollow was once a pond. Building remains are scattered throughout the north-west section of the woodland. Undulating ground may be evidence of former industrial activity.

Easting:
233

Northing:
591

Grid Reference:
NZ233591

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North of England Civic Trust, April 2008, Ravensworth Castle and Estate, Gateshead, Conservation Plan, Appendix A, page 89