Southwick, Scottish army camp

HER Number

10887

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Southwick, Scottish army camp

Place

Southwick

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

On 24 March 1644, Leven mustered the Scottish troops to Southwick Hill. Cannons had been brought up river by Sunderland seamen.

Easting

438200

Northing

558900

Grid Reference

NZ438200558900

Sources

M.M. Meikle and C.M. Newman, 2007, Sunderland and its Origins - monks to mariners, pp. 126-128