Blaydon Burn, slag heaps

HER Number

8411

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Blaydon Burn, slag heaps

Place

Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Spoil Heap

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

There are various slag and spoil heaps running along the south side of the Burn. Slag and waste was probably transported from the coal screens below via the incline (HER 8410). Spoil may also have come from the coal drift (HER 1644) and quarry waste from the nearby quarry (HER 1642).

Easting

416750

Northing

562280

Grid Reference

NZ416750562280

Sources

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