Gibside Estate, Hollow way

HER Number:
16498

District:
Outside

Site Name:
Gibside Estate, Hollow way

Place:
Gibside

Map Sheet:
NZ15NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road

Site Type: Specific:
Hollow Way

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
A continuation of a track visible on the east side of the modern estate entrance road and which appears to originate in an area of probable quarrying in the eastern part of West Wood. The track crossed the estate carriage drive from Busty Bank, running WSW through the plantation before developing into a pronounced defile cutting across the escarpment down to the River Derwent. This may be an early approach to Cow Ford, or a quarry track associated with the construction of either the 1727 waggonway bridge, or the later road bridge.

Easting:
1691

Northing:
5816

Grid Reference:
NZ16915816

Lats/Lons:

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