Monkwearmouth, boatyard of Thomas Burn

HER Number

17566

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Monkwearmouth, boatyard of Thomas Burn

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific

Boat Yard

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Samuel Buck's 'Perspective and Ichnography of the town of Sunderland, 1720' shows numerous buildings dotted along the shore and escarpment. One of these is associated with a large slipway, probably the boatyard of Thomas Burn, first recorded on monkwearmouth Shore in 1690.

Easting

439500

Northing

557400

Grid Reference

NZ439500557400

Sources

Northern Archaeological Associates, 2017, Sheepfolds, Sunderland - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment, Building Recording and Geological Assessment, p 29; MM Meikle and CM Newman, 2007, Sunderland and its Origins: Monks to Mariners, p 162