Gateshead, Rabbit Banks Road, retaining walls

HER Number:
16156

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Rabbit Banks Road, retaining walls

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Wall

Site Type: Specific:
Retaining Wall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Retaining walls to High Level Road and Rabbit Banks Road. Eight phases of wall were identified between the High Level Bridge and the western extent of the Boiler Shops in the 2001 assessment - none were positively identified on the First Edition OS plan (1956). Some of the walls form part of the Boiler Shop and Pattern Shop structures. One wall contains window sills and fragments of cast-iron down-corners from the 1871 boilers shop building. Another wall was noted as containing a block of sandstone with a deeply incised + cut into its face. It is possible that this is a representation of the episcopal cross and that the stone was a marker on the boundary - the 'head dyke' - between the Bishop of Durham's park and the lordship of Pipewellgate.

Easting:
2503

Northing:
6335

Grid Reference:
NZ25036335

Lats/Lons:

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