Black Middens, Britain

HER Number

14034

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Britain

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Wreck

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

26th November 1846: BRITAIN of Newcastle wrecked on Black Middens.

Easting

437090

Northing

568800

Grid Reference

NZ437090568800

Sources

National Monuments Record (1362220), Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)75-6