Gateshead, Pipewellgate, le heddyke Episcopi

HER Number:
16142

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Pipewellgate, le heddyke Episcopi

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE NZ26SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Boundary

Site Type: Specific:
Boundary Ditch

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The present road line of High Level Road and Rabbit Banks Road may follow a medieval boundary known variously as 'le heddyke Episcopi' or 'fosso Domini Dunelm', which seperated the backlands of properties on the south side of Pipewellgate from the lands retained by the Bishop to the south. In modern accounts the boundary has been variously described as 'a hedge and ditch'.

Easting:
249

Northing:
633

Grid Reference:
NZ249633

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, Riverview: Greenesfield, Gateshead, Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Statement in WSP Environmental Ltd. Environmental Statement