Welcome to the dedicated Gun Rocks website. This project has been made possible through a range of funding sources; therefore, a big thank you to the project’s supporters who donated through Crowdfunder, the Jubilee Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Gun Rocks is located in the Farne Islands, off the coast of Northumberland, England. The islands are accessible by boat, generally leaving from the harbour at Seahouses. The site can be dived at slack or on a flood tide. The trail is now open for use, download the trail map here, or for more information on how to get to Gun Rocks look at the logistics page. 

Read on to find out more about this cannon site, and perhaps you can help to solve the mystery of the origin of the cannon! 

 

History

Time line summary: Tyneside 114 (a local branch of the British Sub-aqua Club) has had a close association with Gun Rocks since the late 1960’s, when the  Diving Officer at that time, Mr W.R. Smith (known as Bill), became interested in the history of the cannon and finding out more. Through his enthusiasm, the Gun Rocks…

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Dive Trail

Gun Rocks is located in a group of Islands known as the Farne Islands, off the coats of Northumberland, England. Here, 15 or so cannon (there may be more!) lie on the shallow Gun Rocks  site, scattered in amongst tall kelp fronds. The cannon lie in water  between 8 – 12 metres in depth. The site is generally diveable…

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Reports

Tyneside 114 has had an involvement with Gun Rocks since the late 1960s, when research and exploration on this site began. As a result of the investigations into this cannon site, over the last 45 years a number of reports have been written. This page provides links to those reports, so that they can be down loaded…

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