Gibside Estate, The Avenue or Long Walk

HER Number

12358

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gibside Estate, The Avenue or Long Walk

Place

Gibside

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Avenue (Landscape Feature)

Site Type: Specific

Embanked Avenue

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Earthworks of levelled terrace. Built in 1730s.

Easting

417170

Northing

558240

Grid Reference

NZ417170558240

Sources

Harry Beamish, Autumn 1993, Summary Table - Gibside; Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2009, Archaeological monitoring held during service trenching and road resurfacing at Gibside, Tyne and Wear