Herd Sand, Sally

HER Number

14941

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Herd Sand, Sally

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1799 wreck of English craft which stranded on the Herd Sand, carried by the ice from her anchorage off North Shields; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Brown

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1393531); Newcastle Courant 23-FEB-1799, No.6385 Page(s)4