Hebburn, Hawthorn Leslie Shipyard, slipways

HER Number:
15746

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, Hawthorn Leslie Shipyard, slipways

Place:
Hebburn

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Slipway

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Built in the early 1900s. Broad, gently sloping areas which have been largely obscured by the spreading of clearance rubble from former buildings in the yard. This is where the ships were built. The tide has exposed timbers and metal fixings. At the foot of the western slipway a concrete stacked platform can be seen at low tide. At the foot of the eastern slipway, at low tide, a dilapidated and displaced iron dock gate is visible. The floor of the eastern slipway is littered with rivet heads.

Easting:
3057

Northing:
6554

Grid Reference:
NZ30576554

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lancaster University Archaeological Unit, June 2000, Former Hawthorn Leslie Shipyard, Tyne and Wear, Archaeological Assessment