Tynemouth, military camp

HER Number:
12578

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, military camp

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Military Base

Site Type: Specific:
Military Camp

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Tyne A Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery has an associated military camp, at NZ 3590 7029. Visible as structures and earthworks on air photographs. Also a pillbox and barbed wire obstuction at NZ 3591 7008, as well as weapons pits, military roads, military buildings, trackways and trenches. The features have been built over on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting:
3589

Northing:
7032

Grid Reference:
NZ35897032

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1465240; RAF 58/C/3 5042 14-APR-1949; RAF 4E/UK681 3421 10-FEB-1941 RAF FNO/98 2056 16-AUG-1942 C S Dobinson 1996 Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46 Page(s)482