Felling, pillbox

HER Number

11666

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Felling, pillbox

Place

Felling

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

Destroyed Monument

Description

WW2 pillbox seen as an upstanding structure on a photo of 1948. Hexagonal in shape and 4m wide. Since destroyed.

Easting

428440

Northing

562230

Grid Reference

NZ428440562230

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409222; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/35 5232 16-MAY-1948