Hylton, timber beach, stakes and timber posts

HER Number:
12895

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hylton, timber beach, stakes and timber posts

Place:
Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Timber Processing Site

Site Type: Specific:
Timber Yard

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
The river foreshore at Hylton was used as a 'timber beach' for the storage of timber for the shipyards to the east, as shown on the Ordnance Survey second edition 1895-6. There are existing timber revetments to either side of the mouth of the Hylton Dene (NZ 3682 5819) and an apparently random pattern of stakes and posts in the intertidal zone on the south and north banks of the river, which appear likely to be related to the timber beaches.

Easting:
3682

Northing:
5819

Grid Reference:
NZ36825819

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Entec UK Limited, November 2009, Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor - New Wear Crossing, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment, page 12