Ballast Hill

HER Number

2365

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Ballast Hill

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows a Ballast Hill at this location.

Easting

435970

Northing

566360

Grid Reference

NZ435970566360

Sources

<< HER 2365 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4; Dick Keys and Ken Smith, 2005, Tall Ships on the Tyne, p 6