Cullercoats, salt pans

HER Number:
5480

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Cullercoats, salt pans

Place:
Cullercoats

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Chemical Works

Site Type: Specific:
Salt Works

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Documentary evidence records the introduction of salt pans at Cullercoats in the 1660s, fired by coal from Whitley (HER 1192).

Easting:
363

Northing:
714

Grid Reference:
NZ363714

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5480 >> The Archaeological Practice, 2003, 10 York Road, Whitley Bay, Archaeological Assessment Frazer & Emsley, 1973, p 34; R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats