Blaydon Burn, pipework and sandstone walling
Blaydon Burn, pipework and sandstone walling
HER Number
8463
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Blaydon Burn, pipework and sandstone walling
Place
Blaydon Burn
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Watercourse
Site Type: Specific
Aqueduct
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
First identifiable on the 2nd edition OS of 1898, the function of this feature is unknown, but the pipe may run within an earlier open aqueduct. A large diameter cast-iron pipe runs, partly buried, within a stone-built channel. The pipe crosses the Burn unsupported.
Easting
418050
Northing
563550
Grid Reference
NZ418050563550
Sources
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures