Harraton, Scottish army camp
Harraton, Scottish army camp
HER Number
10885
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Harraton, Scottish army camp
Place
Harraton
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Military Camp
Site Type: Specific
Army Camp
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Scots army was at Harraton on 2 March 1644. They advanced to Sunderland on 4 March.
Easting
429800
Northing
553600
Grid Reference
NZ429800553600
Sources
M.M. Meikle and C.M. Newman, 2007, Sunderland and its Origins - monks to mariners, pp. 126-128; The Diary of Robert Douglas, Historical Fragments Relative to Scottish Affairs from 1635 to 1644, 1833, p 52;