Whitley Bay, tank trap

HER Number:
12566

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, tank trap

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

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 structures on air photographs. The feature consists of two rows on anti-tank cubes. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting:
3502

Northing:
7392

Grid Reference:
NZ35027392

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1464909; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 0511 15-APR-1946