Wallsend, aircraft obstructions

HER Number:
11762

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, aircraft obstructions

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Anti Aircraft Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Aircraft Obstruction

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
Aircraft obstructions of the Second World War mapped from wartime air photographs. Formed by a ditch with small spoil heaps to either side. The obstructions were arranged at right angles and extended over an area of 340m north to south with three lengths of 187m running east to west.

Easting:
3045

Northing:
6800

Grid Reference:
NZ30456800

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405571; Aerial Photograph RAF FNO/98 1074 16-AUG-1942