Gibside Estate, possible iron-working site

HER Number:
16506

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gibside Estate, possible iron-working site

Place:
Gibside

Map Sheet:
NZ15NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Metal Smelting Site

Site Type: Specific:
Iron Working Site

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
This area may have previously been used as an iron-working site. Features in this area include a possible mill pond and leat, culvert and remains of a building. The remains of the building comprise a sandstone rubble wall c.0.5m wide.

Easting:
1725

Northing:
5872

Grid Reference:
NZ17255872

Lats/Lons:

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