English, British
AREA_STAT
Local wildlife site (multiple local designations)
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Gateshead
Easting
418700
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MAP2
NZ15NE
MONTH1
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
560510
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Place
Winlaton Mill
Description
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Type: Broad
Managed Woodland
SITEDESC
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Name
Damhead Wood and Clockburn Wood
Site Type: Specific
Wood
SITE_STAT
Inventory of Ancient Woodland
HER Number
11244
Form of Evidence
Natural Feature
Sources
Robert Cooke, 1987, Tyne and Wear Inventory of Ancient Woodland (Provisional), The Nature Conservancy Council; Kirby, K.J. et al, (1984), Inventories of ancient semi-natural woodland, www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/CRDA/43/DD/2/43/image/p2@41.png
YEAR1
2008
English, British
AREA_STAT
Local wildlife site (multiple local designations)
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Gateshead
Easting
417800
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MAP2
NZ15NE
MONTH1
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
560160
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Place
Winlaton Mill
Description
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Type: Broad
Managed Woodland
SITEDESC
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Name
Paddock Hill
Site Type: Specific
Wood
SITE_STAT
Inventory of Ancient Woodland
HER Number
11243
Form of Evidence
Natural Feature
Sources
Robert Cooke, 1987, Tyne and Wear Inventory of Ancient Woodland (Provisional), The Nature Conservancy Council; Kirby, K.J. et al, (1984), Inventories of ancient semi-natural woodland, www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/CRDA/43/DD/2/43/image/p2@41.png
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Gateshead
Easting
417580
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
560750
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Place
Winlaton Mill
Description
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Type: Broad
Managed Woodland
SITEDESC
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Name
Thornley Woods
Site Type: Specific
Wood
SITE_STAT
Inventory of Ancient Woodland
HER Number
11242
Form of Evidence
Natural Feature
Sources
Robert Cooke, 1987, Tyne and Wear Inventory of Ancient Woodland (Provisional), The Nature Conservancy Council; Kirby, K.J. et al, (1984), Inventories of ancient semi-natural woodland, www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/CRDA/43/DD/2/43/image/p2@41.png
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Gateshead
Easting
415020
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
MAP2
NZ15NE
MONTH1
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559520
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Place
Rowlands Gill
Description
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Type: Broad
Managed Woodland
SITEDESC
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Name
Sherburn Green Woods
Site Type: Specific
Wood
SITE_STAT
Inventory of Ancient Woodland
HER Number
11241
Form of Evidence
Natural Feature
Sources
Robert Cooke, 1987, Tyne and Wear Inventory of Ancient Woodland (Provisional), The Nature Conservancy Council; Kirby, K.J. et al, (1984), Inventories of ancient semi-natural woodland, www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/CRDA/43/DD/2/43/image/p2@41.png
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Gateshead
Easting
413340
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
MONTH1
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559550
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Place
High Spen
Description
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Type: Broad
Managed Woodland
SITEDESC
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Name
Miller's Wood
Site Type: Specific
Wood
SITE_STAT
Inventory of Ancient Woodland
HER Number
11240
Form of Evidence
Natural Feature
Sources
Robert Cooke, 1987, Tyne and Wear Inventory of Ancient Woodland (Provisional), The Nature Conservancy Council; Kirby, K.J. et al, (1984), Inventories of ancient semi-natural woodland, www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/CRDA/43/DD/2/43/image/p2@41.png
YEAR1
2008
English, British
AREA_STAT
Local wildlife site (multiple local designations)
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
Gateshead
Easting
410910
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
MONTH1
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557800
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Place
Chopwell
Description
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Type: Broad
Managed Woodland
SITEDESC
Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.
Site Name
Milkwellburn Wood
Site Type: Specific
Wood
SITE_STAT
Inventory of Ancient Woodland
HER Number
11239
Form of Evidence
Natural Feature
Sources
Robert Cooke, 1987, Tyne and Wear Inventory of Ancient Woodland (Provisional), The Nature Conservancy Council; Kirby, K.J. et al, (1984), Inventories of ancient semi-natural woodland, www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/CRDA/43/DD/2/43/image/p2@41.png
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
04
District
Newcastle
Easting
420000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Place
Scotswood
Description
Upper quernstone discovered in front of Mr Ramsay's house in Scotswood. Now lost.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Upper quernstone discovered in front of Mr Ramsay's house in Scotswood. Now lost.
Site Name
Scotswood, upper quernstone
Site Type: Specific
Quern
HER Number
11238
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
Roger Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p 40; Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 1, Vol IV, donations
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
04
District
Gateshead
Easting
421000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558000
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Place
Tinkler Row
Description
"Near to the line of an ancient road at Tinkler Row are the remains of a tumulus formed of very small stones"
Site Type: Broad
Cairn
SITEDESC
"Near to the line of an ancient road at Tinkler Row are the remains of a tumulus formed of very small stones"
Site Name
Tinkler Row, cairn
Site Type: Specific
Cairn
HER Number
11237
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Roger Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p 31; W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1858, Durham Before the Conquest Vol 1, Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute, p 74
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
04
DAY2
24
District
Newcastle
Easting
424714
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Oak
MONTH1
06
MONTH2
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563316
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43
Place
Newcastle
Description
This log boat cut from a single oak, length 4.9m, width 1.2m in the centre, was dredged from the Tyne near the Skinner Burn in January 1869. Heslop suggests that the log boat survived because it was buried in the river bed when it was dry or reduced by seasonal drought and that it was a votive offering in the same tradition as the deposition of metal objects in the preceding Bronze Age.
NB Miket gives the location as c. NZ 238628, this has been refined to a location closer to the Skinner Burn.
Site Type: Broad
Watercraft
SITEDESC
This log boat cut from a single oak, length 4.9m, width 1.2m in the centre, was dredged from the Tyne near the Skinner Burn in January 1869. Heslop suggests that the log boat survived because it was buried in the river bed when it was dry or reduced by seasonal drought and that it was a votive offering in the same tradition as the deposition of metal objects in the preceding Bronze Age.
NB Miket gives the location as c. NZ 238628, this has been refined to a location closer to the Skinner Burn.
Site Name
Skinner Burn, log boat
Site Type: Specific
Watercraft
HER Number
11236
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
Roger Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p40 https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/issue.xhtml?recordId=1201201;
Shields Daily Gazette 1st February 1869;
D H Heslop, Newcastle and Gateshead before AD 1080 in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, pages 1-22
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2025
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
02
District
Newcastle
Easting
416940
EASTING2
1697
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
06
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
565600
NORTHING2
6525
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newburn
Description
Much of the New Burn was culverted in the 1850s, to make way for the steelworks. The culvert lies some 12m below present ground level. The culvert is around 180m long, with an open section in the middle which runs through a steeply sided wooded valley. The brick culvert was inspected by Newcastle City Council in 1985. The southern culvert is approximately 2.6m wide and 1.9m high and is built of substantial arched brickwork, four courses thick on dressed masonry blocks. The culvert was inspected again in 2002 in advance of a housing estate being built over it. It was found to be in good condition.
Site Type: Broad
Water Regulation Installation
SITEDESC
Much of the New Burn was culverted in the 1850s, to make way for the steelworks. The culvert lies some 12m below present ground level. The culvert is around 180m long, with an open section in the middle which runs through a steeply sided wooded valley. The brick culvert was inspected by Newcastle City Council in 1985. The southern culvert is approximately 2.6m wide and 1.9m high and is built of substantial arched brickwork, four courses thick on dressed masonry blocks. The culvert was inspected again in 2002 in advance of a housing estate being built over it. It was found to be in good condition.
Site Name
Newburn Culvert
Site Type: Specific
Culvert
HER Number
11235
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Datum Consultants, 2002, Inspection of Culverted Watercourse at Newburn, Newcastle for Dunelm Castle Homes
YEAR1
2008