Jarrow, Ballast Heap

HER Number

2263

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, Ballast Heap

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Ballast Hill

Site Type: Specific

Ballast Hill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Ballast Heap, linked by the Ballast Railway (HER ref. 2262) to the Ballast Wharf (HER ref. 2261).

Easting

433610

Northing

565180

Grid Reference

NZ433610565180

Sources

<< HER 2263 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3; Dick Keys and Ken Smith, 2005, Tall Ships on the Tyne, p 6