Sunderland, Jockey Dike Nook, Battery

HER Number:
4418

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Jockey Dike Nook, 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 1745 a battery of four guns was built on a stretch called Jockey Dike Nook. This battery washed away in 1780.

Easting:
4101

Northing:
5751

Grid Reference:
NZ41015751

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4418 >> 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