Gibside Estate, quarry scars or crop pits

HER Number:
16497

District:
Outside

Site Name:
Gibside Estate, quarry scars or crop pits

Place:
Gibside

Map Sheet:
NZ15NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
A series of scoops in the north-west facing escarpment on the south side of the hollow way. Suggested as outcrop coal workings, these might alternatively be stone-quarries either for the waggonway bridge or the later Derwent Bridge. Before 1855 when it was conveyed to John Bowes, this area was part of Busty Bank farm belonging to Lord and Lady Windsor and subsequently the Marquis of Bute. Coal waste is scattered both on the escarpment and on the wooded 'plateau' above. This may derive from the waggonway, or there may be infilled and levelled bell pits on the 'plateau'. Exact date and function unknown.

Easting:
1687

Northing:
5813

Grid Reference:
NZ16875813

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2011, New car parking Warren Haugh and West Wood, Gibside - Archaeological Assessment