Felling, pillbox

Tyne and Wear HER(11666): Felling, pillbox - Details

HER Number:
11666

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Felling, pillbox

Place:
Felling

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Blockhouse

Site Type: Specific:
Pillbox

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
WW2 pillbox seen as an upstanding structure on a photo of 1948. Hexagonal in shape and 4m wide. Since destroyed.

Easting:
2844

Northing:
6223

Grid Reference:
NZ28446223

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409222; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/35 5232 16-MAY-1948