Monkwearmouth, Cornhill Dock

HER Number:
1711

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Cornhill Dock

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Dock and Harbour Installation

Site Type: Specific:
Dock

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19?

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
An early dry dock with timber sides and gates; the latter with wrought-iron metalwork. Its construction is similar to the dock below Wearmouth Bridge (HER ref. 2754) - mostly lined in wood. The gates, which were recently still intact though badly rotted, originally opened by winch and chain, and are known as 'Cornhill Patent'. The dock is abandoned.

Easting:
388

Northing:
583

Grid Reference:
NZ388583

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1711 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area Joint Conservation Team, Industrial Archaeology Cards