Whitley Bay, tank trap

HER Number:
12550

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, tank trap

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific:
Tank Trap

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
A Second World War tank trap is visible as a structure on air photographs. The tank trap consists of a line of anti tank cubes which follow the line of the coast for approximately 564m. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting:
3506

Northing:
7497

Grid Reference:
NZ35067497

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; Vertical aerial photograph NMR OS/64245 0028 12-OCT-1964; NMR Monument No. 1465044