Black Middens, Active
Black Middens, Active
HER Number
14022
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Active
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1802 wreck of English craft which stranded on the Black Middens on entering Shields; a wooden sailing vessel. `Newcastle, January 9...On Saturday last, the ACTIVE, Canney, of Sunderland, was driven on shore on the Black Middens, in coming into Shields harbour. The crew were all saved, but the vessel is a wreck.'
Master: Canney
Master: Canney
Easting
437090
Northing
568800
Grid Reference
NZ437090568800
Sources
National Monuments Record (1394288), Newcastle Courant 09-JAN-1802, No.6535 P4