Long Sands, WW2 Roadblock

HER Number

4656

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Long Sands, WW2 Roadblock

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Road Block

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This is the site of WW2 concrete roadblocks constructed in 1940-1, but since destroyed.

Easting

436900

Northing

570000

Grid Reference

NZ436900570000

Sources

<< HER 4656 >> Defence of Britain Project, 2002, Defence of Britain Database, S0002909