Tynemouth Head, Diana

HER Number

14556

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Diana

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1808 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks in entering Shields; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1398628); Newcastle Courant 26-MAR-1808, No.6859 Page(s)1, 4; Tyne Mercury 22-MAR-1808, No.304 Page(s)3