South Shields, Frenchman's Bay

HER Number:
6812

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Frenchman's Bay

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Placename

General Period:

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The National Trust information board states "This bay gets its name from a French ship which once floundered here. At one time accessible by wooden stairs, the bay was populated with smugglers… the strange object sticking out of the water up the coast [a little north of Frenchman's Bay] is all that remains of a dock gate. It was being towed from the Tyne to the Thames on 19th Obtober 1919 when it went aground and all efforts to salvage it failed".

Easting:
38904

Northing:
66135

Grid Reference:
NZ3890466135

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6812 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, Archaeological Survey of the coast from South Shields to Whitburn