Tynemouth Head, Elizabeth

HER Number

14461

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Elizabeth

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Sloop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1820 wreck of Scottish sloop which foundered off Tynemouth Castle; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971610); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-MAR-1820, No.5471; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 28-MAR-1820, No.5477