Tyne and Wear HER(10886): Monkwearmouth, Scottish camp - Details
10886
Sunderland
Monkwearmouth, Scottish camp
Monkwearmouth
NZ45NW
Defence
Military Camp
Army Camp
Post Medieval
C17
Documentary Evidence
A Scottish garrison with a separate governor was established at Monkwearmouth from 5 March 1644 until September 1644. The garrison was supplied with gunpowder, matches, musketballs, cannonballs, mattocks and spades. The church tower became a vantage point for watching for Royalist troops.
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577
NZ401577
M.M. Meikle and C.M. Newman, 2007, Sunderland and its Origins - monks to mariners, pp. 126-128