Whitley Bay, trench

HER Number:
12562

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, trench

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Fieldwork

Site Type: Specific:
Trench

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
A Second World War trench is visible as an earthwork on air photographs, at NZ 3457 7400. The trench zig-zags for a distance of aprroximately 25m. The feature appears to have been levelled on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting:
3457

Northing:
7400

Grid Reference:
NZ34577400

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1464901; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 106G/UK/1193 3077 27-FEB-1946