Tynemouth, Promenade, slit trench

Tyne and Wear HER(11712): Tynemouth, Promenade, slit trench - Details

HER Number:
11712

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Promenade, slit trench

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Trench

Site Type: Specific:
Slit Trench

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
A Second World War slit trench seen as earthworks on vertical air photographs from 1949. Part of the coastal defence system.

Easting:
3696

Northing:
6900

Grid Reference:
NZ36966900

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1399187; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/C/3 5121 14-APR-1949