Blaydon Burn, pipework and sandstone walling

HER Number:
8463

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, pipework and sandstone walling

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Watercourse

Site Type: Specific:
Aqueduct

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
First identifiable on the 2nd edition OS of 1898, the function of this feature is unknown, but the pipe may run within an earlier open aqueduct. A large diameter cast-iron pipe runs, partly buried, within a stone-built channel. The pipe crosses the Burn unsupported.

Easting:
1805

Northing:
6355

Grid Reference:
NZ18056355

Lats/Lons:

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