Cornhill Dock

HER Number

1711

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Cornhill Dock

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific

Dry Dock

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

First shown on the second edition OS of 1898. The large graving dock was comparable in size and form to that at the Bridge Yard (HER 2754) and is mostly lined in wood. The wrought-iron dock gates still remain in position, although embedded and partially hidden in the mud. The gates, which are still intact though badly rotted, originally opened by winch and chain, and are known as 'Cornhill Patent' .

Easting

438800

Northing

558300

Grid Reference

NZ438800558300

Sources

<< HER 1711 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area
Joint Conservation Team, Industrial Archaeology Cards; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2017, Sheepfolds, Sunderland - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment, Building Recording and Geological Assessment, pp 55-56