Barrons Battery
Barrons Battery
HER Number
85
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Barrons Battery
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Coastal Defence Site
Site Type: Specific
Coastal Battery
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Second World War 1939 to 1945
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
An emergency battery of two 12-pounder guns emplaced in August 1940, one on each of the inner pier heads. Initially B Battery, 509 Coast Regt; later 265 Coast Battery RA. This was a difficult command due to the need to detour several miles through Sunderland to get from No.1 Gun on the north pier to No. 2 Gun on the south pier. Despite this, during a 1941 tour of inspection, it is described as a 'good battery' with a note that it lacked a command post and overhead covers. Placed in care and maintenance in April 1944, abandoned December 1944.
Easting
441120
Northing
558430
Grid Reference
NZ441120558430
Sources
<< HER 85 >> Fortress Study Group Conference, 1988, The Defences of Tyneside - Barrons Battery, Sunderland,p. 1
D. Clarke & A. Rudd, 1989, Tyneside in the Breech Loading Era Fortress, No. 3, pp 33-42; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2019, Sunderland Wave Basin Battery, Hendon Dock, Statement of Significance
D. Clarke & A. Rudd, 1989, Tyneside in the Breech Loading Era Fortress, No. 3, pp 33-42; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2019, Sunderland Wave Basin Battery, Hendon Dock, Statement of Significance