Sunderland, John Paul Jones Battery

HER Number:
4415

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, John Paul Jones Battery

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Battery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The threat posed by Napoleon in the later 18th century prompted a reassessment of coastal defences. This four gun battery on a bank behind the South Pier, known as the John Paul Jones Battery, later known as the Black Cat Battery, was built in the 1770s and appears on Rain's Eye Plan.

Easting:
4092

Northing:
5783

Grid Reference:
NZ40925783

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4415 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 37 G. McCombie, 1997, The Development of Sunderland Town Moor, p 15 J.W. Summers, 1858, The History of Sunderland, p 76-85