Cullercoats, salt pans
Cullercoats, salt pans
HER Number
5480
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Cullercoats, salt pans
Place
Cullercoats
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Salt Production Site
Site Type: Specific
Salt Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Documentary evidence records the introduction of salt pans at Cullercoats in the 1660s, fired by coal from Whitley (HER 1192).
Easting
436300
Northing
571400
Grid Reference
NZ436300571400
Sources
<< HER 5480 >> The Archaeological Practice, 2003, 10 York Road, Whitley Bay, Archaeological Assessment
Frazer & Emsley, 1973, p 34; R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats
Frazer & Emsley, 1973, p 34; R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats