Heworth, Nether Heworth Hall, stone culvert

HER Number:
16165

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Heworth, Nether Heworth Hall, stone culvert

Place:
Heworth

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Drain

Site Type: Specific:
Culvert

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18?

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
Stone culvert running north-south noted during a watching brief at Heworth Hall. It was formed by either placing roughly hewn yellow sandstone blocks upright into a square cut through the clay natural to form a channel between 120-160mm wide, or by using smaller blocks, two or three courses high as the sides capped throughout by large slabs 100-130mm thick. In the two places examined a further layer of broken sandstone pieces overlay the cover slabs, while similarly sized sandstone rubble also formed packing within the cut behind the upright slabs where required.

Easting:
2883

Northing:
6198

Grid Reference:
NZ28836198

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Solstice Heritage, 2013, Heworth Hall, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Archaeological Watching Brief