Walker, Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Tyne N

HER Number:
5503

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Tyne N

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Battery

Site Type: Specific:
Anti Aircraft Battery

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Site of heavy anti aircraft battery - Tyne N

Easting:
2927

Northing:
6523

Grid Reference:
NZ29276523

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5503 >> Alan Rudd, 1986, List of 20th century defence sites on Tyneside; English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1429931; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5038 04-APR-1946; C.S. Dobinson, 1996, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery: England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46, pages 480; PCA Ltd. 2010, New Walker Technology College Site - Archaeological Watching Brief; Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2009, Waverdale Avenue, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment