Murton, stone culvert

HER Number:
16166

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Murton, stone culvert

Place:
Murton

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

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:
Culvert running north-east/south-west constructed from large rectangular sandstone (0.7m x 0.3 x 0.14m). The line of the culvert was continued to the north-east by the line of an open ditch. Presumably the drainage feature represented by this open ditch had been culverted at this point to enable access into the field.

Easting:
3284

Northing:
7100

Grid Reference:
NZ32847100

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
AD Archaeology, 2013, Murton Village, Archaeological Watching Brief