Dortwich Sands Salt Pans
Dortwich Sands Salt Pans
HER Number
4564
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Dortwich Sands Salt Pans
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Salt Production Site
Site Type: Specific
Salt Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Craster states that in the mid 17th century there were salt pans at the western end of Dortwick where sands stretched out across the Tyne.
Easting
435500
Northing
567580
Grid Reference
NZ435500567580
Sources
<< HER 4564 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, History of Northumberland, Vol. VIII, p 306