Roker, Abb's Battery

HER Number

2706

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Roker, Abb's Battery

Place

Roker

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Battery

Site Type: Specific

Battery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows the location of a Battery on the coast at the north end of Roker Rocks.

Easting

440680

Northing

559380

Grid Reference

NZ440680559380

Sources

<< HER 2706 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8