South Dock, Battery
South Dock, Battery
HER Number
4417
District
Sunderland
Site Name
South Dock, Battery
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Battery
Site Type: Specific
Battery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
In 1742 a battery of four guns stood near to the river entrance where the south dock is today, at the extreme north east of Coney Warren.
Easting
440940
Northing
557640
Grid Reference
NZ440940557640
Sources
<< HER 4417 >> Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 37
G. McCombie, 1997, The Development of Sunderland Town Moor, p 15
J.W. Summers, 1858, The History of Sunderland, p 76-85
G. McCombie, 1997, The Development of Sunderland Town Moor, p 15
J.W. Summers, 1858, The History of Sunderland, p 76-85