Tyne and Wear HER(8225): Newcastle, Civil War battery - Details
8225
Newcastle
Newcastle, Civil War battery
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Defence
Battery
Post Medieval
C17
Documentary Evidence
During the Civil War seige of Newcastle in 1644, one of the main Scottish gun batteries lay on the south-western side of the town. Terry states that the "south-western battery would probably be placed on the rising ground above the present infirmary and cattle market. From such a position it would cover the walls from Westgate to Closegate".
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637
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C.S. Terry, 1899, The Seige of Newcastle upon Tyne by the Scots in 1644, Archaeologia Aeliana 2, Vol 21, p 213