Whitley Bay, aircraft obstruction

HER Number:
12565

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, aircraft obstruction

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Anti Aircraft Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Aircraft Obstruction

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
A Second World War aircraft obstruction is visible as an earthwork on air photographs. The feature appears to be no longer extant on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting:
3485

Northing:
7421

Grid Reference:
NZ34857421

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1464908; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 4E/UK650 0093 12-JUN-1941