Record Details

NHER Number:64070
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Cannon at Guanock Terrace (poorly located)

Summary

In December 1967 a cannon was found on the site of the bastion at Guanock Terrace.

Images - none

Location

Parish:KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Previously recorded under NHER 5486.

December 1967. Found on site of bastion in Guanock Terrace
Cannon, 1ft 11in long and 2in bore.
Information from HER notes. Also noted in (S1). This record is not to be confused with NHER 22116, which records a similar discovery made before 1960.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 13 March 2020.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • CANNON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Unpublished Document: Talbot, E.. 1968. King's Lynn: The Civil War. Draft notes for talk.

Related records

5486Part of: King's Lynn Town Defences (Monument)
22116Related to: Post medieval gun found off Guanock Terrace (King's Lynn, poorly located) (Find Spot)
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