Whitburn, submerged forest

HER Number:
12498

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, submerged forest

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Natural Feature

Site Type: Specific:
Submarine Forest

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1822 in a period of exceptionally low tides, the remains of an ancient forest were uncovered in Whitburn Bay.

Easting:
40741

Northing:
60587

Grid Reference:
NZ4074160587

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, 2006, Whitburn Conservation Area Character Appraisal, p 5; C. Trechmann, 1936, Mesolithic flints from the submerged forest at West Hartlepool, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 2 (2), pp 161-168; P. Mellars, 1970, An antler harpoon head of 'Obanian' affinities from Whitburn, County Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol XLVIII, pp 337-346; English Heritage Intertidal and Coastal Peat Database, Record ID 603