Trow Rocks, rock cut steps

HER Number

13296

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Trow Rocks, rock cut steps

Place

Trow Rocks

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Pedestrian Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Steps

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Recorded by Phase 2 of the North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment. Recorded as in embayment. Trampled and heavily worn. Slumping of sediment. Steps probably built as part of adjacent quarry (HER 2390). Risk = high. Threat level 7.

Easting

438300

Northing

566650

Grid Reference

NZ438300566650

Sources

Archaeological Research Services, 2010, Phase 2 North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment, Project Record Number 137