Herd Sand, Kitty

HER Number

14827

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Kitty

Place

South Shields

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

1814 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded on the Herd Sand on her departure from Shields for London. Laden with coal and tar, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1400804); Tyne Mercury 28-JUN-1814, No.631 Page(s)3; Newcastle Advertiser 28-JUN-1814, No.1341 Page(s)4