Byermoor, embanked trackway

HER Number

7238

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Byermoor, embanked trackway

Place

Byermoor

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Trackway

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A trackway runs from earthworks (HER 3660) northwards to the suspected mine shaft, then turns sharply eastwards. It takes the form of two deeply incised ditches running parallel with a central bank. Running eastwards, it becomes a wider lower bank with shallower, at times barely perceptible, ditches.

Easting

418210

Northing

557690

Grid Reference

NZ418210557690

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd, 2004, Byermoor Farm, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Assessment