Gibside Estate, Warren's Haugh, drive
Gibside Estate, Warren's Haugh, drive
HER Number
              12364
          District
              Gateshead
          Site Name
              Gibside Estate, Warren's Haugh, drive
          Place
              Gibside
          Map Sheet
              NZ15NE
          Class
              Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
          Site Type: Broad
              Drive
          Site Type: Specific
              Drive
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
          Form of Evidence
              Physical Evidence
          Description
              The former carriage drive is shown on the 1856 Ordnance Survey plan leaving the estate approach road north of the bridge before curving across the haugh to its northern end, where there are now stone gate pillars. It was created by John Bowes in 1855. The southern end of the route was later re-aligened to the south-west.  In 2012 an evaluation by On-Site Archaeology found evidence of the mid 19th century carriageway. It had previously been identified as upstanding earthworks and through historic map evidence. Two drainage ditches associated with the carriageway were also noted. The carriageway had been cut into natural geology.
          Easting
              416990
          Northing
              558260
          Grid Reference
              NZ416990558260
    Sources
              Harry Beamish, Autumn 1993, Summary Table - Gibside; On-Site Archaeology, 2012, Gibside, Burnopfield - Archaeological Evaluation; Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2011, New car parking Warren Haugh and West Wood, Gibside - Archaeological Assessment