Monkwearmouth, Bridge Stone and Timber Yard

HER Number:
2738

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Bridge Stone and Timber Yard

Place:
Monkwearmouth

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:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Stone and Timber Yard. Associated with the shipyards, this included saw pits, a smithy and boiler for preparing wood for ship building.

Easting:
3961

Northing:
5751

Grid Reference:
NZ39615751

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2017, Sheepfolds, Sunderland - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment, Building Recording and Geological Assessment, p 40