Walker, Shipbuilding Yard

HER Number:
4218

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Shipbuilding Yard

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Shipyard

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the area shows buildings along the southern and western boundaries of the yard. A slip lies towards the north of the yard with a crane alongside. By the time of the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey the yard has been subsumed within the Neptune Yard. The site now lies within the current Swan Hunter Yard, and it would seem unlikely that early features will have survived.

Easting:
2981

Northing:
6503

Grid Reference:
NZ29816503

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4218 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98 The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record.