Plummer's Wharf Shipyard
Plummer's Wharf Shipyard
HER Number
4171
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Plummer's Wharf Shipyard
Place
Byker
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Maritime
Site Type: Broad
Marine Construction Site
Site Type: Specific
Shipyard
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A shipbuilding yard to the west of Plummer’s Wharf, St Peter’s is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. The yard included a small rectangular dock towards its eastern side and a large building / graving dock running obliquely across it from the western edge. St Peter’s Saw Mill lies within the north-western part of the yard. The yard had gone by the time of the 2nd Ordnance Survey map.
Easting
426950
Northing
563590
Grid Reference
NZ426950563590
Sources
<< HER 4171 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record; Watson, R. 2018. Giants on the Quayside, Spiller's Quay, Newcastle upon Tyne, archaeological evaluation and monitoring, Archaeological Services Durham University, HER4856
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record; Watson, R. 2018. Giants on the Quayside, Spiller's Quay, Newcastle upon Tyne, archaeological evaluation and monitoring, Archaeological Services Durham University, HER4856