Tynemouth Head, Acorn

HER Number

14475

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Acorn

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1783 wreck of English sloop which stranded at Prior's Haven on arriving at Shields from Gainsborough with cheese; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Johnson

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1388085); Newcastle Courant 08-MAR-1783, No.5552 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 12-APR-1783, No.5557 Page(s)4