Whitburn, submerged forest

HER Number

12498

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, submerged forest

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Natural Feature

Site Type: Specific

Submarine Forest

General Period

PREHISTORIC

Specific Period

Prehistoric -1,000 000 to 43

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In 1822 in a period of exceptionally low tides, the remains of an ancient forest were uncovered in Whitburn Bay.

Easting

440741

Northing

560587

Grid Reference

NZ440741560587

Sources

North East Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, 2006, Whitburn Conservation Area Character Appraisal, p 5; C. Trechmann, 1936, Mesolithic flints from the submerged forest at West Hartlepool, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 2 (2), pp 161-168; P. Mellars, 1970, An antler harpoon head of 'Obanian' affinities from Whitburn, County Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol XLVIII, pp 337-346; English Heritage Intertidal and Coastal Peat Database, Record ID 603