Beacon Hill tree mound
Beacon Hill tree mound
HER Number
19151
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Beacon Hill tree mound
Place
Beacon Lough
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Mound
Site Type: Specific
Tree Mound
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
This possible tree mound is shown on Bell's map of 1835 labelled 'Plantation' and on the Ordnance Survey First Edition map on the east side of Old Durham Road. It survives today between the road and a housing estate.
Easting
427006
Northing
559809
Grid Reference
NZ427006559809
Sources
John Bell 1835 'Plan of the borough of Gateshead in the county of Durham...';
Ordnance Survey First Edition map
Ordnance Survey First Edition map