Sunderland, South Dock, Battery

HER Number:
4417

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, South Dock, 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 1742 a battery of four guns stood near to the river entrance where the south dock is today, at the extreme north east of Coney Warren.

Easting:
4094

Northing:
5764

Grid Reference:
NZ40945764

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4417 >> 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