Blaydon Burn, bridge abutment

HER Number:
8440

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, bridge abutment

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Bridge

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This carried the track from Nipper's Well to Path Head across the Blaydon Burn waggonway, and thus dates from c.1840. The abutment projecting from the east side of the valley survives, built of squared sandstone ashlar, rusticated faced with tooled margins. Abutted on the north and south by sections of rough sandstone rubble revetments.

Easting:
1725

Northing:
6307

Grid Reference:
NZ17256307

Lats/Lons:

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