Sunderland, Barrons Battery

HER Number:
85

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Barrons Battery

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Battery

Site Type: Specific:
Coastal Battery

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
An emergency battery of two 12-pounder guns emplaced in August 1940, one on each of the inner pier heads. Initially B Battery, 509 Coast Regt; later 265 Coast Battery RA. This was a difficult command due to the need to detour several miles through Sunderland to get from No.1 Gun on the north pier to No. 2 Gun on the south pier. Despite this, during a 1941 tour of inspection, it is described as a 'good battery' with a note that it lacked a command post and overhead covers. Placed in care and maintenance in April 1944, abandoned December 1944.

Easting:
4112

Northing:
5843

Grid Reference:
NZ41125843

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 85 >> Fortress Study Group Conference, 1988, The Defences of Tyneside - Barrons Battery, Sunderland,p. 1 D. Clarke & A. Rudd, 1989, Tyneside in the Breech Loading Era Fortress, No. 3, pp 33-42; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2019, Sunderland Wave Basin Battery, Hendon Dock, Statement of Significance