Shafto Street, railway tunnel
Shafto Street, railway tunnel
HER Number
              16129
          District
              Newcastle
          Site Name
              Shafto Street, railway tunnel
          Place
              Scotswood
          Map Sheet
              NZ16SE
          Class
              Transport
          Site Type: Broad
              Tunnel Portal
          Site Type: Specific
              Railway Tunnel Portal
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Victorian 1837 to 1901
          Form of Evidence
              Structure
          Description
              Blocked tunnel portals on Shaft Street and Gregson Street. Both portals are blocked in late 20th century brown brick. The portals are constructed of snecked rough-faced stone with rock-faced and margined dressings, they have segmental arches with raised keystones and a band above. Their parapets have low end piers and a rock-faced coping (topped by more recent iron rails). The coping is ramped steeply down over the curving wing-walls.
          Easting
              419990
          Northing
              563950
          Grid Reference
              NZ419990563950
    Sources
              The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2008, Scotswood Housing Expo, Newcastle upon Tyne, Historic Buildings Recording