A jetty running out into the sea from beneath the post medieval alum quarries at Sandsend. The site consists of a line of substantial, paired, rock-cut postholes in the foreshore, extending from the base of the sea cliff out to the low water mark. The postholes must mark the position of a former jetty, probably one connected with the alum trade; since no jetty is depicted on the 1856 OS or later maps, it presumably predates that time. The line of a rectangular cut, now infilled by eroded shale, is visible in the top of the cliff above the start of the jetty, and would seem to be connected with it.

Period

Post-Medieval (1540 - 1901)

Period comments

pre-1856

The earliest date of the feature, as a year, if known

1856

The latest date of the feature, as a year, if known

1856

Monument Type - Broad

JETTY

Monument Type - Narrow

Monument Description

Evidence Type - Broad

Evidence Type - Narrow

Evidence Description

Object Type - Broad

Object Type - Narrow

Object Description

Other records:

NRHE Number

1460104

NT HBSMR Number

Unknown

HER Event Number

Unknown

External Link

None

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