Tynemouth, Tynemouth Bar, Liberty and Property

HER Number:
14497

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Bar, Liberty and Property

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Collier

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1763 wreck of English collier which stranded on Shields Bar; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
36

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1385992); Newcastle Courant 03-DEC-1763, No.4550 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 10-DEC-1763, No.4551 Page(s)2