Whitley Bay, weapons pit

HER Number:
12557

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, weapons pit

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Trench

Site Type: Specific:
Weapons Pit

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
A Second World War weapons pit recorded by the defence of Britain project, is visible as an earthwork on air photographs. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography. Now a caravan park.

Easting:
3455

Northing:
7472

Grid Reference:
NZ34557472

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument Number 1414464; Vertical aerial photograph RAF 58/B/40 5125 18-MAY-1948; Migrated Defence of Britain Project database record originally compiled from various sources; C S Dobinson 1996 Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46, page 480