Marsden, Kitchener Battery

HER Number:
4616

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, Kitchener Battery

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Battery

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This World War One battery site lies just west of Souter lighthouse. It consisted of a turret mounting Two 12 inch guns with extensive underground works to accommodate operating mechanisms, crew nd ammunition. There were also above ground buildings for signalling and control. The turret and guns were removed in 1924, but the underground works were refurbished for use as an ammunition store during World War Two. The site has since been largely quarried away.

Easting:
4027

Northing:
6402

Grid Reference:
NZ40276402

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4616 >> R. Hogg, 1984, The Tyne Turrets: coastal defence in the First World War, Fort, Vol. 12 (1984), p 97-103 D. Clarke & A. Rudd, 1989, Tyneside in the Breech Loading Era, Fortress, No. 3, pp 33-42 E.W. Sockett, 1994, The North East Coast Defences of England during WW1, Tyne and Tweed, No. 48, pp 12-32