Marsden, Kitchener Battery
Marsden, Kitchener Battery
HER Number
4616
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Marsden, Kitchener Battery
Place
Marsden
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Battery
Site Type: Specific
Battery
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
First World War 1914 to 1918
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
440270
Northing
564020
Grid Reference
NZ440270564020
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
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