South Shields, South Pier, tank traps

HER Number:
11715

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, South Pier, tank traps

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific:
Tank Trap

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
Two lines of Second World War tank traps seen on vertical air photographs from 1948. The anti-tank cubes block off the end of the south pier and part of the adjacent beach. The blocks have since been removed.

Easting:
3733

Northing:
6779

Grid Reference:
NZ37336779

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1400063; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/32 5431 17-MAY-1948