North Shields, Gun

North Shields, Gun

HER Number

2134

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

North Shields, Gun

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fortification

Site Type: Specific

Gun Emplacement

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Gun, probably in a gun emplacement, on top of a ballast hill (HER ref. 2075).

Easting

435390

Northing

567280

Grid Reference

NZ435390567280

Sources

<< HER 2134 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SE