Whitley Bay, Davison Avenue, barbed wire obstruction

HER Number:
12572

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, Davison Avenue, barbed wire obstruction

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific:
Barbed Wire Obstruction

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
A Second World war emergency water supply and barbed wire perimeter are visible as structures on air photographs, at NZ 3481 7300. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography. (1)

Easting:
3482

Northing:
7301

Grid Reference:
NZ34827301

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1464895; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5115 15-APR-1946