Black Middens, Industry

HER Number

14570

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Industry

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

1815 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Black Middens on her arrival at Shields with grain; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Wilson

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971558); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-OCT-1815, No.5011; Newcastle Courant 30-SEP-1815, No.7251 Page(s)4