Derwenthaugh, Derewent' muth' Fishery
Derwenthaugh, Derewent' muth' Fishery
HER Number
12268
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Derwenthaugh, Derewent' muth' Fishery
Place
Derwent Haugh
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Fishing Site
Site Type: Specific
Fish Weir
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Derewent' muth' in 1128. The mouth of the River Derwent where the bishop of Durham had una sagena (draw net). The main catch would have been salmon, but in fact a wider range of fish would have been taken (eg. Eels, pike, minnow, burbot, trout and lamprey' {G.N. Garmondsway (ed), 1939, 'Aelfric's Colloquy', pp 101-2}.
Easting
420600
Northing
563300
Grid Reference
NZ420600563300
Sources
Victor Watts, 1986, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names II in Durham Archaeological Journal, 2, 1986, pp 55-61