Tynemouth Head, Jannet and Ann

HER Number

14591

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Jannet and Ann

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1752 wreck of a British craft stranded near Tynemouth Haven, on her passage to Inverness. Constructed of wood, she was a sailing vessel. Master: Alexander Bains

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1031937); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF); Felix Farley's Bristol Journal June 6 - 13 1752. Page(s)3