Newcastle, Nuns Moor, pillbox

HER Number:
5889

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Nuns Moor, pillbox

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Blockhouse

Site Type: Specific:
Pillbox

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
One of two pillboxes on the Moor to defend the stop line along the western side of Grandstand Road (see HER 5809). No remains of the pillbox can be seen but it is visible on aerial photographs dating from 1946.

Easting:
234

Northing:
666

Grid Reference:
NZ234666

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5889 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 39 Aerial Photograph, NMR, 1946, 3G/TUD/UK/94/2891