Winlaton Mill, cannon and musket balls
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
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Cannon Ball
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
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
418200
Northing
561200
Grid Reference
NZ418200561200
Sources
<< HER 5675 >> C.S. Dobinson, 2000, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, Appendices, Airfield Themes, Vol IX 2, p 250 and 262