West Allotment, Pillbox

HER Number

1788

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

West Allotment, Pillbox

Place

West Allotment

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fortification

Site Type: Specific

Pillbox

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence show a hexagonal pillbox of Second World War origin at this location.

Easting

430530

Northing

569940

Grid Reference

NZ430530569940

Sources

<< HER 1788 >> A. Rudd, 1989, Existing Sites of Pillboxes in Tyne and Wear; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment