Blaydon Burn, hearth bottoms

HER Number:
8451

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, hearth bottoms

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:

Site Type: Broad:
Archaeological Feature

Site Type: Specific:
Hearth

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19?

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
In the Burn north of the Milner Pit pieces of forge waste ' hearth bottoms ' which protrude from the bank and appear to have been used either as a revetment or to form a level surface (Plate 84). Other pieces were identified in the bed of Burn, with what might be bloomery slag [David Cranstone pers com].

Easting:
1783

Northing:
6342

Grid Reference:
NZ17836342

Lats/Lons:

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