Cleadon, Pillbox

HER Number:
1786

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Cleadon, Pillbox

Place:
Cleadon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Blockhouse

Site Type: Specific:
Pillbox

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Small pillbox built into a hedge line to the north of Peacock Cottage. This varies considerably from the standard Second World War designs, although there were known variations. The Cleadon pillbox is a circular structure built of shuttered concrete and set with a slightly conical concrete roof.

Easting:
398

Northing:
614

Grid Reference:
NZ398614

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1786 >> A. Rudd, 1989, Existing Sites of Pillboxes in Tyne and Wear; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas p220