Blaydon Burn, section of wall

HER Number:
8412

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, section of wall

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Barrier

Site Type: Specific:
Wall

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20?

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Small section of wall, 14 courses high on south side of track, opposite aerial cableway (HER 5989). Wall constructed of mixed yellow and red brick with some firebrick. Possibly a platform base of some form associated with the transport of waste to the slag heaps (HER 8411).

Easting:
1680

Northing:
6232

Grid Reference:
NZ16806232

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures