Whitley Bay, trench

HER Number:
12559

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, trench

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Fieldwork

Site Type: Specific:
Trench

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Second World War trenches recorded by the Defence of Britain project, are visible as earthworks on air photographs. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting:
3441

Northing:
7456

Grid Reference:
NZ34417456

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No.1414464; Vertical aerial photograph reference number 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(s)480