South Hylton, slipway and quay

HER Number:
17757

District:

Site Name:
South Hylton, slipway and quay

Place:
South Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Quay

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
Late medieval stone built quayside adjacent to the south-east bank of the River Wear and a post medieval slipway. The quayside was formed by a quanity of large sub-rectangular worked and unworked stones.

Easting:
35075

Northing:
56932

Grid Reference:
NZ3507556932

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Wardell Armstrong LLP, 2018, Site 7, Hylton 'Dam' Site, South Hylton, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Community Archaeological Excavation Report; Wardell Armstrong LLP, 2018, Sunderland's Forgotten Stones, Hylton, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Community Archaeology Project