North Hylton, Tar Distillery

HER Number:
3067

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
North Hylton, Tar Distillery

Place:
North Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Chemical Product Site

Site Type: Specific:
Tar Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Tar Distillery, with a Reservoir and two Tar Vats at this location.

Easting:
3459

Northing:
5614

Grid Reference:
NZ34595614

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3067 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Mounsey, K.and Thompson, S. 2018. Site 8, Nab End, Sunderland's Forgotten Stones Project, North Hylton, Sunderland: Archaeological Community Excavation report, Wardell Armstrong, HER4840