John Paul Jones Battery
John Paul Jones Battery
HER Number
4415
District
Sunderland
Site Name
John Paul Jones Battery
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Coastal Defence Site
Site Type: Specific
Coastal Battery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The threat posed by Napoleon in the later 18th century prompted a reassessment of coastal defences. This four gun battery on a bank behind the South Pier, known as the John Paul Jones Battery, later known as the Black Cat Battery, was built in the 1770s and appears on Rain's Eye Plan.
Easting
440920
Northing
557830
Grid Reference
NZ440920557830
Sources
<< HER 4415 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth
Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 37
G. McCombie, 1997, The Development of Sunderland Town Moor, p 15
J.W. Summers, 1858, The History of Sunderland, p 76-85
Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 37
G. McCombie, 1997, The Development of Sunderland Town Moor, p 15
J.W. Summers, 1858, The History of Sunderland, p 76-85