South Shields, Coast Road, road block

HER Number:
11722

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Coast Road, road block

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific:
Road Block

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
A Second World War road block seen on vertical air photographs from 1942. Comprised two large blocks of concrete placed opposite each other with a small gap in between to let traffic through one vehicle at a time.

Easting:
3788

Northing:
6653

Grid Reference:
NZ37886653

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1401073; Aerial Photograph RAF FNO/98 1104 16-AUG-1942