Whitley Bay, practice trench

HER Number:
12568

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, practice trench

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Trench

Site Type: Specific:
Practice Trench

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
A series of First World War practice trenches are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on air photographs, at NZ 3510 7344. The features were most likely part of a complex of trenches running along the coast including UID 1465034, 1465261 and 1464922. The features no longer appear to be extant on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting:
3497

Northing:
7385

Grid Reference:
NZ34977385

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No.1465155; Vertical aerial photograph reference number NMR OS/88052 0199 14-APR-1988; RAF 58/B/40 5001 18-MAY-1948