Pipewellgate, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Watching Brief Report

A watching brief was undertaken by Lancaster University Archaeological Unit (LUAU) in
March 2001, at Pipewellgate, Gateshead, near Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
(NGR NZ 252 636). The work was commissioned by Padgett Lavender Associates on
behalf of Leftbank Properties Limited and followed on from an earlier evaluation which
recommended that a watching brief should be carried out (LUAU 2001). The evaluation
had demonstrated the presence of medieval remains and the area was documented as
having been densely occupied throughout the post-medieval period (Manders 1973).