South Shields, Raft Yard

Tyne and Wear HER(2247): South Shields, Raft Yard - Details

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HER Number:
2247

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Raft Yard

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Boat Yard

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A site named Raft Yard is the possible site of a shipyard. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, the extents of the site are unclear. By 1895 it had become a victim of the expansion of the nearby High Docks (HER ref. 2294).

Easting:
3547

Northing:
6617

Grid Reference:
NZ35476617

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2247 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3

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