Monkwearmouth, oyster beds

HER Number

17568

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Monkwearmouth, oyster beds

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Fishing Site

Site Type: Specific

Oyster Beds

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Burleigh and Thompson's 'Plan of the mouth of the River Wear' 1737, marked with a letter 'y'.

Easting

439500

Northing

557400

Grid Reference

NZ439500557400

Sources

Northern Archaeological Associates, 2017, Sheepfolds, Sunderland - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment, Building Recording and Geological Assessment, p 30; Burleigh and Thompson, 1737, Plan of the mouth of the River Wear