South Shields, Lawe Top, cannons

HER Number:
11977

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Lawe Top, cannons

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Cannon

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Two Russian cannons captured from the Crimean War (1853-1856) were set in a walled enclosure. One was a 42-pounder, the other a 24-pounder. They were delivered to South Shields by rail. They were presented to South Shields Corporation in 1858 by Lord Panmure as a spoil of war. The original guns were still on site in the 1930s (photo in The Gazette 1986), but are now replaced by replicas.

Easting:
3655

Northing:
6806

Grid Reference:
NZ36556806

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S86.012; Gazette, Thursday Feb 29th 1996, p 5