Tyne and Wear HER(2738): Monkwearmouth, Bridge Stone and Timber Yard - Details
2738
Sunderland
Monkwearmouth, Bridge Stone and Timber Yard
Monkwearmouth
NZ35NE
Industrial
Timber Processing Site
Timber Yard
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Stone and Timber Yard. Associated with the shipyards, this included saw pits, a smithy and boiler for preparing wood for ship building.
3961
5751
NZ39615751
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