Tyne and Wear HER(8411): Blaydon Burn, slag heaps - Details
8411
Gateshead
Blaydon Burn, slag heaps
Blaydon Burn
NZ16SE
Industrial
Mining Industry Site
Spoil Heap
Modern
C20
Structure
There are various slag and spoil heaps running along the south side of the Burn. Slag and waste was probably transported from the coal screens below via the incline (HER 8410). Spoil may also have come from the coal drift (HER 1644) and quarry waste from the nearby quarry (HER 1642).
1675
6228
NZ16756228
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures