Herd Sand, Barbara

HER Number

14707

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Barbara

Place

South Shields

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

1815 wreck of Scottish craft which stranded on the Herd Sand on her departure from Newcastle-upon-Tyne for Dundee; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Mawes or Mews; Crew Lost: 1

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (971557); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 18-AUG-1815, No.4997; Durham County Advertiser 19-AUG-1815, No.50 Page(s)3