Cullercoats, barbed wire obstruction

HER Number:
13612

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Cullercoats, barbed wire obstruction

Place:
Cullercoats

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

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 barbed wire obstruction is visible as a structure on air photographs, at NZ 3671 7029. The barbed wire runs along the coast for a distance of approximately 645m. No surface features are visible on the latest 1998 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting:
3658

Northing:
7003

Grid Reference:
NZ36587003

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1465259; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 4E/UK681 3420 10-FEB-1941