Whitburn, line of pillars
Whitburn, line of pillars
HER Number
16824
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Whitburn, line of pillars
Place
Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Garden Feature
Site Type: Specific
Garden Feature
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Description
Features associated with the landscaped annexe to Whitburn Hall gardens, created when the land was annexed from the Rector's garden in the second half of the 19th century. Includes a line of six c.5m high ashlar pillars made from local stone, running N-S from c.10m north of the tithe barn remains (HER 881).
Easting
440660
Northing
561660
Grid Reference
NZ440660561660
Sources
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Whitburn, Church Lane - Archaeological Assessment; North Pennines Archaeology Ltd. , 2008, Church Lane, Whitburn - Archaeological Assessment