Cullercoats, berthing channel
Cullercoats, berthing channel
HER Number
17803
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Cullercoats, berthing channel
Place
Cullercoats
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
Class
Maritime
Site Type: Broad
Landing Point
Site Type: Specific
Berth
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Description
Kelvin Wilson, an archaeological illustrator, noticed a wide channel (? For berthing boats) and a long narrow ?drainage channel cut into the rock. These are clearly visible on Google Earth and on site at low tide. In July 2019 archaeologist Colm O'Brien and a group of local volunteers accurately recorded the position of the wide channel and the postholes using GPS.
Easting
436485
Northing
571515
Grid Reference
NZ436485571515
Sources
Kelvin Wilson, illustrator archeologie, 2 October 2018, letter to Newcastle City Council;
Greenville Collins, 1679-1693, Great Britain's Coasting-Pilot, map of Collar Coates;
Elias Dunford, Captain of Engineers, May 1782, Coastal Survey (National Archives Kew);
Mr. Dunn's Diary, 15 August 1816 (Northumberland Archives, Woodhorn), includes a text and an eye sketch of Cullercoats;
Ordnance Survey first edition, 1858;
John Henry Mole, 1853, watercolour of north beach of Cullercoats;
Google Earth 2018;
Colm O'Brien, Karl Lowther, Edward Gibney, Rebecca Pedley, July 2019, GPS survey
Greenville Collins, 1679-1693, Great Britain's Coasting-Pilot, map of Collar Coates;
Elias Dunford, Captain of Engineers, May 1782, Coastal Survey (National Archives Kew);
Mr. Dunn's Diary, 15 August 1816 (Northumberland Archives, Woodhorn), includes a text and an eye sketch of Cullercoats;
Ordnance Survey first edition, 1858;
John Henry Mole, 1853, watercolour of north beach of Cullercoats;
Google Earth 2018;
Colm O'Brien, Karl Lowther, Edward Gibney, Rebecca Pedley, July 2019, GPS survey