Marsden, Camel Island, pillbox

HER Number:
5337

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, Camel Island, pillbox

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Blockhouse

Site Type: Specific:
Pillbox

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Pillbox. Set in the cliff face behind Camel Island is a pill box. The roof is 1 metres below the cliff top. Built of concrete with corrugated iron shuttering. A cube 2.5 metres long, 2.9 metres wide and 2 metres high. A flight of steps, eight of which remain, are butted against the north side. They give access to the concrete roof and beyond to the cliff top. Erosion is beginning to undermine the structure. The interior has a wall alongside the entrance. There are two small apertures, 10cm x 10cm at roof level, one looking out onto Marsden Grotto, the other over the cliff. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
3973

Northing:
6561

Grid Reference:
NZ39736561

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5337 >> A. Rudd, of Wartime Defences in Tyne and Wear - typed list; The Arbeia Society, 2004, Archaeological Survey of the coast from South Shields to Whitburn; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/70/SS