Tynemouth, Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post

HER Number:
5885

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Royal Observer Corps Site

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Post 2 in cluster M of 23 Group moved here from the Seaton Sluice area of Northumberland in November 1957. In around November 1963 it resited to Whitley Bay near Marden Quarry (HER 5886). This was a visual observation post to track aircraft movements. Early Observer Corps Posts had a simple instrument for plotting the plan position of the aircraft. Throughout WW2 the ROC had a more sophisticated "Post Instrument" which also recorded the height of the aircraft. WW2 posts were frequently simply sand bagged emplacements, or more sophisticated examples were of domestic brick construction, some two-storey, with an open observation post and a crew room. Some had latrines.

Easting:
347

Northing:
691

Grid Reference:
NZ347691

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5885 >> C.S. Dobinson, 2000, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, The Cold War, Vol XI, 2, p 261 Council For British Archaeology, 1995, Twentieth Century, Defences in Britain - An Introductory Guide Handbook of The Defence of Britain Project, p 32; D. Wood, 1992, Attack Warning Red; http://subbrit.org.uk