Tyne and Wear HER(11713): South Shields, Herd Sand, tank traps - Details
11713
S Tyneside
South Shields, Herd Sand, tank traps
South Shields
NZ36NE
Defence
Defence Obstruction
Tank Trap
Modern
C20
Destroyed Monument
Two lines of Second World War tank traps seen on vertical air photographs from 1948. The anti-tank cubes block off the exit from the Herd Sand beach. The blocks have since been removed.
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NZ367681
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1399289; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/32/PART/I 5421 16-MAY-1948