Black Middens, Seaforth

HER Number

14222

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Seaforth

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English Cargo Vessel, January 1842 drove upon the Herdsand on attempt to proceed into Shields harbour. Master or owner?- Swanson

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)69-70; National Monuments Record (1362190)