Blaydon Burn, concrete structure

HER Number:
8428

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, concrete structure

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Building

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Concrete structure protruding from the south bank just to the northeast of a fork in the central waggonway. Structure measures approximately 10m across and 3m high and includes a central, rectangular alcove measuring 3m x 1.5m. Structure originally built of yellow brick but completed faced in shuttered concrete and inset with several ceramic pipes for bank drainage. Function unknown but possibly an emergency refuge adjacent to a spur of the waggonway running south of the coke works.

Easting:
1708

Northing:
6259

Grid Reference:
NZ17086259

Lats/Lons:

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