North Shields, Northumberland Dock, wreck of a timber boat

HER Number:
12693

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Northumberland Dock, wreck of a timber boat

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Wreck

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19?

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Abandoned vessels, one a particularly large boat, are visible in the mud at low tide in Northumberland Dock near to Royal Quays. Parts of the old timber dock survives also.

Easting:
3393

Northing:
6634

Grid Reference:
NZ33936634

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paddy Taylor and Alan Williams, September 2009, Foreshore Archaeology on the River Tyne