Tynemouth, Tynemouth Bar, Liberty and Property

HER Number

14497

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Tynemouth Bar, Liberty and Property

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Collier

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1763 wreck of English collier which stranded on Shields Bar; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1385992); Newcastle Courant 03-DEC-1763, No.4550 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 10-DEC-1763, No.4551 Page(s)2