Sunderland, Town Moor, Battery

HER Number:
4419

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Town Moor, 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:
This Gun platform at south end of the moor appears on Rain's Eye Plan.

Easting:
4096

Northing:
5697

Grid Reference:
NZ40965697

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4419 >> 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