Sunderland, Coney Warren, Battery

HER Number:
4416

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Coney Warren, 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:
In 1783 a walled battery with six guns was built on the Coney Warren near to present day Barrack Street. Much of this was eventually washed away and the rest was demolished by the Sunderland Dock Company in 1848.

Easting:
4102

Northing:
5777

Grid Reference:
NZ41025777

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4416 >> 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