Tynemouth Head, Brunton

HER Number

14341

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Head, Brunton

Place

Tynemouth

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

1822 wreck of English craft which stranded on the Spanish Battery Rocks on attempting to enter Shields; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437000569000

Sources

National Monuments Record (971620); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 31-DEC-1822, No.5764; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 03-JAN-1823, No.5765; Durham County Advertiser 04-JAN-1823, No.435 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 04-JAN-1823, No.7630 Page(s)4