Roker, Abb's Battery

Tyne and Wear HER(2706): Roker, Abb's Battery - Details

HER Number:
2706

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Roker, Abb's Battery

Place:
Roker

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Battery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows the location of a Battery on the coast at the north end of Roker Rocks.

Easting:
4068

Northing:
5938

Grid Reference:
NZ40685938

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2706 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8