Tyne and Wear HER(151): North Shields, small fort - Details
151
N Tyneside
North Shields, small fort
North Shields
NZ36NE
Defence
Fort
Post Medieval
C17
Documentary Evidence
Before the erection of Clifford's Fort there was a fort of baskets filled with sand and mortar, with a gun placed between each basket. It was positioned on the seaward side of the later Clifford's fort, a little distance from the old Low Light lighthouse, and formed a pair with another on the opposite shore, erected by the Marquis of Newcastle in 1642. There was action at the fort in October, 1644, when the Scots won it, lost it and won it again all in one day.
363
685
NZ363685
<< HER 151 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, Vol. II, p. 331
H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Northumberland County History, VIII, p. 182