Black Middens, Good Intent
Black Middens, Good Intent
HER Number
14142
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Black Middens, Good Intent
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1758 wreck of British cargo vessel which stranded on the Black Middens on entering the Tyne from Portsmouth; a wooden sailing vessel. `Newcastle, February 25...For these several days we have had very blowing weather, by which the GOOD INTENT, from Portsmouth, is stranded on the Black Middins, at Shields Bar...'
Easting
437000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ437000568000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1385437), Newcastle Courant 25-FEB-1758, No.4249 Page(s)2