Blaydon Burn, concrete structure
Blaydon Burn, concrete structure
HER Number
8428
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, concrete structure
Place
Blaydon Burn
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Shelter
Site Type: Specific
Labourers Shelter
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Concrete structure protruding from the south bank just to the northeast of a fork in the central waggonway. Structure measures approximately 10m across and 3m high and includes a central, rectangular alcove measuring 3m x 1.5m. Structure originally built of yellow brick but completed faced in shuttered concrete and inset with several ceramic pipes for bank drainage. Function unknown but possibly an emergency refuge adjacent to a spur of the waggonway running south of the coke works.
Easting
417080
Northing
562590
Grid Reference
NZ417080562590
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures