Tynemouth, searchlight batteries

HER Number:
12703

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, searchlight batteries

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Anti Aircraft Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Searchlight Battery

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
A potential Second World War searchlight battery is visible as an earthwork on air photographs, at NZ 3568 7043. The features have been built over on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting:
3568

Northing:
7045

Grid Reference:
NZ35687045

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1465222; RAF FNO/98 2057 16-AUG-1942; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2009, Marden High School, Cullercoats - Archaeological Assessment