Gibside Estate, Snipes Dene Wagonway Embankment

HER Number

1667

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gibside Estate, Snipes Dene Wagonway Embankment

Place

Gibside

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Tramway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows an embankment and cutting, with some shafts at this location.

Easting

418080

Northing

559570

Grid Reference

NZ418080559570

Sources

<< HER 1667 >> D. Cranstone?, Other sites of importance to add to your list…; Harry Beamish, Autumn 1993, Summary Table - Gibside