Winlaton Mill, cannon and musket balls

HER Number:
5675

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Winlaton Mill, cannon and musket balls

Place:
Winlaton Mill

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Armour and Weapons

Site Type: Broad:
Weapon

Site Type: Specific:
Cannon Ball

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Cannon balls and lead musket balls have been found at Primrose Hill, Goodshields Haugh. The old drove road at Clockburn Lonnen (HER 4984) was used by Oliver Cromwell and his army in 1650, on their way to the Battle of Dunbar.

Easting:
182

Northing:
612

Grid Reference:
NZ182612

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5675 >> C.S. Dobinson, 2000, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, Appendices, Airfield Themes, Vol IX 2, p 250 and 262