Lawe Top, cannons

HER Number

11977

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Lawe Top, cannons

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific

Cannon

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Two Russian cannons captured from the Crimean War (1853-1856) were set in a walled enclosure. One was a 42-pounder, the other a 24-pounder. They were delivered to South Shields by rail. They were presented to South Shields Corporation in 1858 by Lord Panmure as a spoil of war. The original guns were still on site in the 1930s (photo in The Gazette 1986), but are now replaced by replicas.

Easting

436550

Northing

568060

Grid Reference

NZ436550568060

Sources

North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S86.012; Gazette, Thursday Feb 29th 1996, p 5